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A baby Hatched today! Here's the breakdown:
22nd: 3:42 pm- first cheap heard by mom; brown egg has one small crack
3:43 pm- frantic rush to get everything set up
23rd: 1:05 am- Hole larger and moving, more peeping, responds to clucking
1:32 am- 2nd hole made
1:35- Top being pushed off
1:36- Half-way there, part of chick visible
1:39- Wing visible, has stripes
1:41- Almost there...
1:42- DONE! Brown with peach legs, first few steps made moments later
Since there was a final that day, I had to go to bed and leave the new baby alone in the incubator. When I woke up s/he was doing fine. I got to show her/him off to the Priors, who stopped by right before we left. When I got back, s/he was pretty much all dried off. I set up a small box in the living room table for her/him. After some thought, I decided to go with the male gender (I am still unsure) and call him Hershel, the Hanukkah chick. I let him snuggle up in the old rabbit pelt I had. He really liked it. None of the other eggs have hatched yet. I've decided to let them sit until Friday.
 Breac · Wed Dec 24, 2008 @ 07:35am · 0 Comments |
