Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Chicks Have Hatched!!!

Our chicks hatched!  We hatched three out of four, which was more than I had hoped for, since usually only 50% of shipped eggs hatch.  One of them died because it bled a lot and had some sort of issue, but we tried our hardest to keep it alive.  Our two others are wonderful Easter Eggers (hybrid Ameracauna-ish chickens that lay colored eggs).  We've got seven more eggs to hatch (some Blue Ameracaunas and some Blue Orpingtons), so we're far from done.  Our chicken Lello is broody, so we're going to try to get her to raise the two chicks that hatched.  They have yet to be named.  In another twenty-one days we'll have more chicks.  Ah, the joy of chickens...

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