Oh no..UPDATE.. PIC HEAVY... Girl or Boy??

[horsejody]

Come on Valentine Orpington! Hatch! You can do it!

 

[ChicknThief]

Ok so we pipped the shell at the top of the egg to let some oxygen in because we were in the beginning of day 23. Just five minutes ago it pipped through the shell on its own!!!! Yay!!

Ima gonna have a chickie!!

 

[ChicknThief]

The pip got bigger!!

 

[Wildsky]

 

[ChicknThief]

ITS ZIPPING!!!!!

 

[LoneCowboy]

Yippie!!

 

[ChicknThief]

Oh my gosh it hatched!!

Here are some pics...

And I almost hate to post this... Cynthia,... I think its a splash...

It is really light and silvery in color, though the pics make it look a LOT darker than it really is...

*rooster, rooster, rooster*

 

[Wildsky]

Oh I want to seee more pics when the fluff dries out some!!!!!

 

[horsejody]

awesome!!!

 

[sara]

Can't wait for more pics. The pictures do make it look blueish. Can't wait to see it all fluffed out.