Mar 25 2008
Baby Chicks Were Born
Our cousin Kenny has been hatching eggs for us and yesterday was hatch day. I gave him 11 of our eggs to hatch and out of that we had 9 chicks. They are so cute! Eight of them are black and one is yellow with brown strips. I am pleased that I had such a high rate of hatching.Kenny hatched 21 of his own eggs and he got as of last night 11 hatched and four that had peck holes in them. Below is some pictures of the new babies.
This is what is left of the babies former home. Mine were the blue shells.
This is all the little babies but one. We had one still in the incubator waiting to dry off.
This is the chicks sitting on their food.
Nine of the eggs I gave Kenny were a cross between a Plymouth Rock Rooster and Arcauna hens. Two of the eggs were from my neighbors flock and they were a cross between and Aracuna Hen and who knows what rooster since they have several breeds. I believe the yellow may have come from one of those two eggs.
I just took 14 more eggs to be hatched so we will see how many more we get.
Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of the baby chicks. Also wish me luck that they are a majority of hens.
3 Responses to “Baby Chicks Were Born”
So cute! What a nice little Easter addition. I hope they are all fine hens.
Cool.
Say hello to the birds from me.
Oh my~* they are soo Cute!!
Reminds me of me and my dad…
My dad is a veterinarian and he used to visit chicken farms
I love it when he brings me along because we live in the city and it’s like a road trip… fun!!
Nice blog!
Keep posting =D