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Option 2. The other ones look to much like a birthday symbol instead of a celebration symbol.

I really enjoyed your article What a wonderful flock. Derperella...had me really laughing. Great photos!

This was a great article. Thank you so much. I found a lot of useful information in it.

it was 5 days after my first pip that I got my last.

I am also new to this. How late are your chicks? If the egg has piped I would help it out after a full day or so if the baby is getting weak to the point you worry it will die. As for an egg that has not piped. I do not know. I have no recommendations for that. There is a chance the baby chick...

That is an interesting way to keep babys warm. Post back on how well it works. I am going to go google it now,lol :)

I had to help a few of them in the end because of a similar problem. I personally think that if its been long enough that they are going to die, then just help them out. But that's up to you, other people will say that it is the survival of the fittest. I personally care to much for life to...

They are such cute little chicks!

I think your have a great Idea. I like it.

I recently had 24 Rode Island red eggs that I hatched. Out of the 24 only 20 where fertile. I had eggs hatch up all the way until 4 days after the hatch day. Some pipped and hatch on the last day .It was my first time incubating, but I got 14 out of 20, so I think I did okay. :) I had some...

LOL. That sounds entertaining, and healthy for the bird as well. One of the interesting toys I have heard of is someone putting those little tiny cat balls that are hallow with the bell inside in with their baby chicks. They would take and toss it around. :)

Greetings to you from Corning! It is nice to know I am not the only one in the area here on BYC!

I built a brooder that had a divider. I put Rode Island Reds that I hatched myself on one side and then chicks that I received from a hatchery that where almost two weeks different on the other side. There wasn't to much difference. I took the divider out once I was sure all the hatchery chicks...

I wasn't sure what thread this would go under, so I went with this one. :) I have heard of people giving their chicks and or chickens toys to keep them busy. What do you give them? I am interested in hearing what people come up with.

I am looking for breeders of Golden Spangled Hamburg and Golden Lakenvelders.