The Chick Hatched!

The chick hatched! Boy - did he work hard! He is very tired and right now you can see him on the webcam (see the Egg-cam entry below a few posts). He does move around a lot, so he may be out of view from the camera.

Here's the video from it hatching:

Update - Hoping . . .

Sad news & good news . . .

The sad news it that the chick that pipped yesterday didn't make it. He was just too weak to break all the way through the egg. The membrane under the shell was too tough for him to get through so that he could breathe.

Remember - if we try to help a chick hatch, it won't develop its muscles all the way so that it can survive after the hatch. I'm sad, too. :(

The good news is that another egg is peeping a lot today AND it is moving. It made a tiny crack - but no hole so far. This can take a while. I need to leave the incubator shut so that the humidity level can stay at the right point. (I did open it just enough to get the sad egg out and put a wet paper towel in so that the incubator could keep its humidity!)

So . . . . you know what I did? I prayed ~ I've grown quite attached to these little eggs and so hope that at least one can hatch! I don't know what's going to happen, but it never hurts to ask for God's help!

I will keep you posted!

Action!

Hi! It's Mrs. Shields! I went to check on the eggs this morning and the little speckled egg was pipping (it was starting to crack the shell) and had about an inch long place all the way pipped. It must have been sleeping because I didn't hear anything.

I went back a couple hours later and saw that a large crack had come out from the spot that was pipped. I hope we have a baby chick soon!

Watch the webcam - if you are having trouble seeing the live feed once you hit the "Java" button, you may need to:

• Go to "Tools" at the top of your browser.
• Click "Manage Add-Ons."
• Check to see if Java is enabled in your browser. If not, click the "Enable" button and close that window.

If you don't have Java downloaded, you can do so for free by clicking on this link: http://java.com/en/download/

Happy Hatching!