Second Candling

Chicken inside the egg on day 13. 

Look how different this egg looks!  No chick.  . .:(

First Candling

Chicken Egg showing a dark spot where the chick is starting to grow.

Check out the veins starting to grow!

This egg does not show any signs of a growing chick.

This is a duck egg showing development!

 

Duckling starting to grow!

Let the Adventure Begin!

 

Our Chicks are Growing Up!

Watch this video to see how much our chicks have grown!

We are starting to  notice our chicks’ fluffy appearance is slowly disappearing, and their fuzzy down is being replaced with feathers of a mature bird. Our chicks will soon be in the ‘tween’ stage! In chicken years, birds are at the beginning of the teenage stage around 4 to 5 weeks old.
Soon, our birds will no longer be called chicks. Instead the girls will be called Pullet and the young male chickens are called cockerels.  Their wattles and combs are also starting to grow larger and will be becoming a deeper red soon.  

Around week 6 we can start to introduce kitchen scraps to our chickens diet.  Some of Salt and Pepper's favorites are lettuce, tomatoes, and strawberry tops.  Click HERE to learn more about some common garden vegetables that are good for chickens.

Then around week 7 our chickens will be ready to go live in a coop outside!

Do you spy the turkeys and the Guinea?

Now that they have all hatched and are living happily together can you spot the three different types of birds?

Here's a hint: Click  for a video of the turkeys joining the other birds!

TURKEYS!

Our first turkey hatched over night last night and is cute as he walks around inside the incubator drying!

We also have another turkey that is working hard to unzip his egg right now!

Watch how the turkey tries to help his friend hatch so they can play together!

Keep an eye on the camera because there are several other turkey eggs that have pipped.  We are also hoping that the ducks will start hatching soon!! 

Checking Out Our New Home

Do our chicks have everything the need to survive?

Watch this video to find out all about our new home!