2 weeks old

our little guys girls are two weeks old today!

and they're causing a whole lot of  joy around here!

holding steady at 3

3 of 12

#3 joined us today. almost exactly 24 hours after the first chick hatched. this morning i stated hearing him peep now and then. i'm not sure if he (i should start calling them all she --wishful thinking!) she is the last but i will keep our incubator running until Tuesday in case any fashionably late ones decide to show up. more pictures are on my facebook (link in post from last night --below)

2 of 12

as of 9pm Friday evening we have two new (noisy) members of our family! we hope more will join us tomorrow but if not we're happy with these two. more pictures from today are here.

chirp chirp

gosh it's been a long time since a real blog entry. my excuses include:

a trip to VA to visit the great-grandparents
Mayden being very sick for 5 days straight
Cameron being mildly sick for 1 day
starting a new job with the US Census (i've been in training since Tuesday)

that about does it.

can you believe it's already time for some hatching to occur in our house. we're expecting them to hatch Friday/Saturday (30th/1st). I've done some candling of the eggs and it looks like at least a few were developing normally. some of the eggs are pretty dark so it was hard to tell. a few looked like they weren't fertilized but i kept them in just in case i was wrong. i'd be very surprised if they all hatched like they did last time.

so today after work & dinner i took the kids to Tractor Supply Co. to pick up some much needed chickie supplies.

and it's a good thing because tonight after i put the kids to bed i heard our first little chirp coming from one of these eggs! stay tuned for hatching news this weekend!

Project Hatch - year 2!

we've started incubating 12 eggs again this year. their due date is around April 24th. we'll keep you posted on any progress! you can find more egg pictures here.

in other news Mayden held a snake today!