This morning we watched our first chick hatch out of its shell. It was so exciting! We also noticed that two more haved pipped through the shell. I never realized how long it actually takes for them to hatch. Hopefully we will two more baby chicks by in the morning. Many have asked about the sponges in the incubator. After I candled them, and it started to hatch, I was afraid I let too much humidity out, and I read that adding a sponge would help increase the humidity and allow it to hatch (so the membranes wouldn't dry out). I did that yesterday morning. It seemed to help.
We candled all the eggs again this morning to see if try truly did or did not have a chick inside. Out of 41, there were about 12 good ones. I picked up 1 of the last three and felt it pecking inside! 2 minutes later, it had cracked through the shell. This was at 8:30. It is 5:00pm now and it had finally knocked off a piece of the shell. It has been working so hard, pecking and resting. I can't wait to meet our little chick! Hopefully we'll have more tomorrow! |
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