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4 eggs cheeping and tapping

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thesockmonsterofdoom · 12/06/2009 07:06

due yesterday but I guess it is not an exacxt science. anyone hopefully I will be a chick mum today, woo hoo.

Not that I am excited or anything.

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meltedmarsbars · 12/06/2009 12:52

We've got a crack in one too!! This is day 20, so not really due until tomorrow. Mother hen very protective but will still eat out of my hand.

So exciting!

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thesockmonsterofdoom · 12/06/2009 18:50

we are also on day 20 but banties so were due yesterday. we have one little fluffy yellow chick, is a buff pekin, and 2 eggs with chicks peepeing out. I am struggling to leqve mummy alone, she is still very gentle and happy for me to pick her up for a quick look. trying to keep the dd's away though, managed to get a photo to plasate them for a while.

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BCNS · 16/06/2009 21:35

awwwwwww

we have 3 hatched.. 1st died .. but.. mum is doing well.. last one on the way ..

will post picks of babies when I take some tomorrow

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thesockmonsterofdoom · 20/06/2009 08:25

wheres your chick pics then missus. huh.
mine are on profile and are so cute. we only ended up with 3, one died just before hatching which is a bit .are banties, they
they are so fiunny though, mum is quite a big girl and they are banties, they look very funny together.

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BCNS · 21/06/2009 23:30

ahhh forgot.. will take and bung them on during the week lol.

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BCNS · 25/06/2009 20:57

got a pic lol when one had actaully come out from under adoptedmum for a nosey about

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