hatching
almost out
out but exhausted
attempting to stay balanced on an egg
finally standing
cute little fuzzy chick - see his egg
tooth on his beak
The kids named him "Pop Tart".
Here he is at 2 days old.
We cracked open the rest of the dead
eggs and found 11 fully formed chicks that didn't hatch for some
reason and 3 that died around day 11 of incubation.
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Update: Sadly,
Pop Tart died today. We don't know why. His stomach felt
hard though so I think something was wrong internally. The
kids buried him along with his unhatched brothers and sisters in the
forest area behind our house today. Poor Pop Tart. So
glad, we were able to enjoy his short little life for a while.
Chicken Hatching Attempt #2
try, try again...
Introducing...Cheeto!
I couldn't get him to cooperate for his first
picture.
Sure hope the other eggs hatch!!!!
Update: When we woke up this
morning, Cheeto was dead. Poor little guy!
Finally! A Successful Hatch
On our 3rd attempt, we finally got some
of the chicken eggs to hatch and to live. Yippee!!!
1 day old
5 days old
We dyed their heads with food coloring to tell them
apart.
Yellow - Hannah
Green - Lily
Blue - Drake
Red - Rose
Update: Our chicks were
adopted and live on a farm. Here are two of them all grown up!
We're so proud!
Aren't they beautiful?!!!
