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[pacificpikachu]

No chicks yet this morning, but the unlabeled egg next to the bantam sumatra egg also has a pip! Both of them are gradually increasing their pips, and peeping. :D ♥

I'm going to go check for more pips, though the angle I have the incubator at makes it so I might not be able to see all of them.

I kept dreaming about chicks everywhere. @____@

EDIT: Pips in five different eggs now!

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[davaidavaidavai.livejournal.com]

I've never asked, but why do you breed chickens/birds? It's fascinating to read your entries on them, even though I'm kind of bad at commenting.
A-and are we going to get photos of the new chickies?

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Mostly just because it's a hobby of mine! I love keeping my flock, and I kind of "collect" certain breeds of poultry. :D Seramas (the smallest breed of chicken) are fun to breed because their coloring is randomized, and they're reasonably rare/expensive chickens, so if I want more breeding them myself is the easiest way to obtain them. Also, if I can get better at breeding them, I can support at least some of my chicken feed costs by selling some of the offspring.

The current eggs I have in the incubator are eggs I bought because I wanted to add those breeds and colors to my flock, and I don't like buying chickens from hatcheries because hatcheries kill their extra chicks--often many thousands of them. Also, these eggs came from chickens that are from birds from breeders, which tend to be prettier/higher quality than hatchery birds. Many breeds of chickens are very beautiful and exotic, so I like keeping them for an ornamental and pet purpose. Chickens actually make really wonderful pets that are easily tamed, handled, and can even be taught their names and tricks and whatnot. Also, the cool thing about being able to incubate eggs (other than watching life arise, and it's like an ongoing science project) is that you can get birds from all over the country easily. Eggs aren't that expensive to ship, and then you can hatch them and have babies from chickens that live thousands of miles away! My current eggs are from New York.

Indeed I will be posting pictures of the chicks! And no worries about the lack of comments. :) I haven't been good about commenting on your entries either, but I do read them!

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D

[loika.livejournal.com]

I hope they'll hatch safely!