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    blue chick share.jpg this year. a Blue Mille Fleur (I think) Pekin. Being adored by its adopted mummy, Squeak. :wub2:
     
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      Awww.....how cute! :)
       
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        Adorable! :wub2: Fingers X'd for your other hatchings :dbgrtmb:
         
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          update - blue chick soon to be joined by a cuckoo one..... cuckoo hatching share.jpg
           
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            ok, so 1 Blue, 1 Cuckoo and 2 Lemons now! 4 chicks small.jpg blue, cuckoo, 2 lemons small.jpg help me small.jpg
             
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              Cor, you got Chickens coming out of your ears :chicken::dbgrtmb:
               
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                6 now and another one hatching! :dancy:
                 
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                9 chicks out of 10 eggs! Last one out I had to help out cos it'd made no progress since lunchtime. It seemed quite tired, I even had to uncurl its neck. Hopefully mum's warmth and clucking will help it recover. :chicken:

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                  great pic's randy & utterly adorable chicks:wub2: how are they now?
                   
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                  all doing well, thanks. I put them in a run now, where they can get access to fresh grass
                   
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                    Here they are with mummy at 3 weeks old. how time flies!!

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                      awww what utterly adorable ickle wickle babies :wub2:
                       
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