Honest, they keep hatching and hatching and hatching. Monday we had one little chick make a premature entrance. Tuesday morning another was waiting for us in the incubator and by Tuesday afternoon two more had hatched with several more showing signs of getting ready to break out. A brief light emergency brought me back to the office on Tuesday evening and yet another one was sitting in the incubator looking for a dryer home.
So Wednesday morning I was wondering what surprises might await us. Imagine four little chicks nestled between the eggs waiting for us to get them out and put them in with their new brothers and sisters. During the day we have had two more hatch with signs of life from at least two more eggs in the incubator.
Several visitors have come by to check them out and let them know exactly how cute they are (very cute when they stop pecking on each other). The chicks will be at the office until Friday which is when they will go to their new home. We will keep you updated right here on the 4-H blog as to future egg breakouts. It is an exciting time here and in the 25 second and third grade classrooms in the county that are conducting this embryology project.
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