Monday, September 13, 2010

We have babies

Three weeks ago we put 12 eggs in the incubator. A week later we candled them to see if they were fertile. Nine of the eggs were. For 3 weeks, I turned the eggs twice a day and added water and then yesterday it all started to happen......................

6.15am Sunday morning - we have action, you can see by the two super excited faces that they were starting to peep.

Zac holding the second chick that was born

Kayla having a little hold this morning

Out of nine eggs we got nine baby chicks, very, very exciting

The kids were beside themselves with excitement and sat for hours waiting and watching. I just hope they don't all turn out to be roosters.

11 comments:

Monique said...

How exciting - congratulations on the new additions to your family, Mel :0)

Susanne Perry said...

Gorgeous! Must be lots of fun at your house Mel.

Kerryn said...

How cute!!

Trina said...

That is soooo cool. I so want to do this!

Sheree said...

That's a whole lotta cuteness right there Melleny! How exciting for the kids to see!

Sheree xx

Fiona said...

Oh they are just the cutest!!

Rachael said...

oh I hate to tell you and I'm hoping I'm wrong but we were told that brown chicks are more likely to be roosters. Maybe it depends on the breed - I hope so for your sake!!
PS we have had an egg each day for the last 3 days, seems A's chook, Elvis, is our first layer :)

4ft9inchcreator said...

ohh LOL!!! super exciting, roosters or not cute they are
glad to all on the mend!

4ft9inchcreator said...

Roosters or Not LOL!!! super cute
glad to see everyone on mend...

Michelle Jamieson said...

It's very exciting seeing new chicks!!
We've had them at Preschool recently. The kids loved it!

Chelle Xx

Angela said...

how exciting!!!! I had to google candling! never heard of it before (city chick LOL) Fantastic that they arrived for the school holidays!! I hope they are not all roosters either! hahah!