This is our first time hatching eggs and we're letting our broody Australorp, Olympia, do all the work. Out of nine eggs, just one was messed up (bacterial growth; when we opened it up it was basically a scrambled yolk). The other eight are peeping and pipping, and one even already zipped! It's SO EXCITING! I'm dragging an air mattress out to the coop tonight and sleeping there, camera close at hand, to try and get some pictures of the hatching chicks. Every single one is moving and peeping, and all but two Welsummers (who we think have thicker shells than the Delawares) have pipped, and one Delaware is beginning to zip.
I'm SO EXCITED! Until we can tell hens from roos they will be named Uno through Nueve (presuming all hatch).
My mom says I can stay home from school, or at least be late, if they're hatching tonight or tomorrow morning.
HorseFeathers, waiting impatiently
My mom says I can stay home from school, or at least be late, if they're hatching tonight or tomorrow morning.
HorseFeathers, waiting impatiently
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