Wow, it's been a while since I updated this site.  Well, a lot has happened since then.  I decided to  bite the bullet and let some of Nigel's baby to hatch.  I was so curious how Nigel's baby may look like, so long story short, I got lots of baby chicks.  This time, I decided to put the eggs under my broody bantam Orpington who shockingly done really well (even though her body couldn't cover all the eggs (I had about a dozen).  None of the eggs went bad (Nigel was a busy Rooster).

The photo of this tiny thing and the one next to the eggs below are of Lucky's.   After the hatch day, when mother hen came out with tiny babies, I decided to cleanup (noticed a lot of ants in the nest).   I noticed 2 eggs didn't make it  ... ant infested, cold ... i knew there were no hopes ... so as I was getting ready to toss, i noticed a tiny crack.    instead of discarding, I decided to inspect further.
(TO BE CONTINUED)

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