Baby Chickens Are Here!

They are finally here!  After 3 weeks of turning eggs two or three times a day and hoping that something hatches, they finally hatched!

 This is a couple of chicks in the incubator waiting to dry out.

 

 

I am amazed how they go from looking nearly dead when they first tumble out of their shell to the little fluffballs that everyone thinks of when you mention chicks.

 

 

Here are some of them that have dried out already in the brooder.

 

Each one of them is a different color! 

 

 

 And the grand total comes to 5 chicks out of 11 eggs.

 

Still an improvement over last years hatch (2 out of 12).  Now we just have to wait to see if any of them grow up to be a rooster!  I can't wait to see what they look like when their real feathers come in.