cream legbar chicks
Three day old cream legbar chicks

First batch of Chicks for 2025

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The first batch of chicks have hatched for this year and things look good. We do not have a final tally yet, but we’ve picked up a good batch of Cream Legbar and Wellsummer chicks (there are some Salmon Favorelle crosses that we tossed in from a mix that we like.)

Chicks in one of our brooders
3 day old chicks from the first hatching of 2025

The new incubator seems to be doing a really good job. We had “dry membrane” issues with 3 eggs, but I don’t think we’ve seen that before. We did open the brooder up a day early, because of all the ones that had started hatching 3 days before. Next time, we’ll wait for the target day, to see if that prevents this issue.

Recently hatched chicks in a brooder
Wellsummer Chicks

Most of these chicks are meant to bolster our current numbers, but we plan to start a batch of Blue-laced Wyandotte’s next along with a batch of barnyard mixes and bantams to sell. The operation seems to be working, if we can keep the predators at bay!

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