I have a chick hatching!

[LoriC]

I had a hen that was sitting on 7 eggs, but I knew that some of those eggs had been laid after she started sitting, so I knew it would be a staggered hatch. After she hatched the first two chicks and left the nest, I put the rest of the eggs in my incubator. I wasn't sure the age of the eggs, so I really didn't know when they would hatch.

As it would have it, two hatched this week while I was in the hospital. A third hatched during the night the next night. So I missed the hatches. I'm sooooo happy to be able to experience this one (especially after a very rough week).

I'm taking a time lapse video. I'll post pics of the baby

 

[chick chicks]

Too cute! Can't wait for pics and vid

 

[sumi]

Hope you are feeling better! Congratulations on the hatch

 

[LoriC]

The new peep is here! I finally had to moisten the membrane a bit for her to make it the rest of the way out. I didn't know when the eggs were going to hatch, so the humidity was a little low when she started her hatch.

I'll hold her in the incubator overnight, and then move her to more permanent digs. I have 3 other chicks, but I'm not sure if I can introduce this one to the group or not. Two were hatched four days ago, and the other 3 days ago. I'll just have to see how it goes!

I had to give up on the time lapse, but I did take a video right after she made it out of the shell:

 

[LoriC]

Well, the new chick is in with the older chicks, and so far so good. I'll keep an eye on them through the evening to make sure they don't start picking on her, but for now they are doing fine.