So after our complete failure with incubating eggs, I went back to the drawing board and researched a little more and started up a new batch of eggs to incubate.....
And guess what happened on the evening of Day 22 - a little pip
The morning of Day 23, we had even bigger pipping:
By that evening the chick was working it's way out of the egg:
At 11:30pm that little chick was trying to escape.
And by 11:35pm we had a successful hatch!
And MUCH MUCH MUCH to our surprse, when we woke the next morning Day 24- there was a double surprise for us.
We are now happy parents of two little mongrel babies....1/2 White Leghorn, 1/2 Golden Laced Polish. It will be fun to see how they grow.
Thanks for sharing the pictures. What cute little buggers!!
Posted by: Amanda | March 22, 2013 at 10:34 PM
Wow! Congratulations. I bet that was fun to watch. Thanks for letting us experience it with you!
Posted by: Tracey from Haiku.You.Do | March 23, 2013 at 05:26 AM
You are now a chicken farmer!! persistence pays off in eggs:) I bet the kids were excited!! :)
Posted by: Far Side of Fifty | March 23, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Okay, so how do you know they are half-and-half? You have the sires?
Posted by: Desert Songbird | March 24, 2013 at 10:17 PM