The Spring Hatching

 These are Salmon Favarolle chicks on their way to the brooder. Out of 69 eggs, I got 63 chicks-an outstanding hatch! (Now six weeks old, the chicks can be sexed by feather color, and I have 32 males and 31 females. A perfect example of the male/female birth ratio.)

These a blue eggs from Americanas. I put the brown Rhode Island egg in the middle to give you a contrast.

I had some problems with this hatch and only 18 chicks survived, but they are doing very well at the 3 week mark.

Meanwhile, I have all the favarolles moved to outside pens, and the Americanas are in my new brooder that Larry built. I also have one more batch of chicks (the last hatch of the spring) in the garage; these are layers/meat roosters that I will sell.