we have chicks!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF CHICKS!!! most of the hatching was done on Saturday (day 20). i woke up Saturday morning disappointed because that hole i found on day 19 looked exactly the same. i thought more progress should have been made. so the kids and i went to a green festival 45 minutes away and ultimately missed the first hatch! a bummer but turns out we had an opportunity to watch 10 other hatches!!!! the kids (especially May-May) were trilled by all the chick action. it seemed like every time i turned around another was about to break on into this world. by the end of the day on Saturday we had 9 chicks fully hatched with two others on their way. by morning on Sunday the other two were out! so much to my surprise every single egg we started with (minus one that wasn't fertilized) hatched... i had a few people tell me that wouldn't happen which is why i accepted so many eggs. my next project will be to find homes for some of these little guys as we can really only keep 3-4. anybody wanna chick?? click here for more pictures from the last few days.Monday, April 27, 2009
project hatch: day 20
we have chicks!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF CHICKS!!! most of the hatching was done on Saturday (day 20). i woke up Saturday morning disappointed because that hole i found on day 19 looked exactly the same. i thought more progress should have been made. so the kids and i went to a green festival 45 minutes away and ultimately missed the first hatch! a bummer but turns out we had an opportunity to watch 10 other hatches!!!! the kids (especially May-May) were trilled by all the chick action. it seemed like every time i turned around another was about to break on into this world. by the end of the day on Saturday we had 9 chicks fully hatched with two others on their way. by morning on Sunday the other two were out! so much to my surprise every single egg we started with (minus one that wasn't fertilized) hatched... i had a few people tell me that wouldn't happen which is why i accepted so many eggs. my next project will be to find homes for some of these little guys as we can really only keep 3-4. anybody wanna chick?? click here for more pictures from the last few days.
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first of all, i love the penguin one.
secondly, what are you feeding them?
thirdly, if you handle them a lot at this stage, will they be nicer when they grow up?
oh jeez i didn't even see this comment until just now... sorry!
the penguin one is now living w/ your sister and probably doesn't look like a penguin anymore. sad.
i'm feeding them "chick food" you just buy a big bag of it from the feed store. we have a Tractor Supply Co. down the street from us. you start them on that stuff right away.
some people say if you handle them more they grow up to be nice and other people say it doesn't matter. we didn't handle them as much as i would have liked to 'cause i had other kids to take care of etc. but they are all relatively nice so far. they come running up to me when i go see them in the yard... so cute!
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