Spirited Sons - Eggs-citing Pics?

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Eggs-citing Pics?

Posted in School Things

Can you tell I'm running out of creativity for subject lines? Sorry, but it's getting harder to do the longer we document the hatching. Here is the entry I promised, though. I managed to get all of my pics uploaded to my Photobucket account, and now you have the fruits of my labor. ;')

Taking pictures in an incubator is pretty tough. I am so grateful that there are photo fixer programs out there, and that Photobucket now has a built-in fixer. Here we go, doctored photos and all!

This is how I set up the eggs on Day 14. We wanted to be sure the chicks had a good chance at finding "up" when it came to hatching. We know that worked for two of them at least.

This is the first chick to hatch. It's a little darker in color than the second one. He or she will probably slate in color. Remember the grid is 1/4" mesh under these little guys. ;')

This is the second chick to hatch. He or she is slightly lighter and may be a slightly lighter slate or gray color.

Here they are together as they are drying off. Once they are very dry they can be moved to the brooder. We hoped to leave them in a little longer, since their peeps tend to encourage other chicks to hatch if they are going to on that day.

Remember my neat little line of eggs? Well, this is what two chicks running around like banshees will do to my little Type A egg organization. We moved the chicks to the brooder soon after this so we wouldn't have to worry about about eggs being tossed all over the place.

Are these not the cutest little banshees you've ever seen?

Our brooder set up, as you can sort of see, has a clip light with a 60-watt bulb for heat. The thermometer is there so we can be sure the temperature is close to 95- or 100-degrees at all times this week. The beauty of this is that there are warmer and colder areas of the brooder. The chicks move to where they are comfortable.

You can't see our water set up, but it's a Tupperware lid with glass "fish bowl rocks" in it. The water has to be refilled often because it will dry out, but we don't want to have the chicks get wet...or worse...drown. So, we keep a close eye on it.

We're off to the store today to get some game bird starter feed. It will be too big for these chicks, so we'll have to crush it a bit more for them to be able to eat. Until now, they have been digesting the yolk from the egg. How do we know this? Well, they've had their first bowel movements today, and it's rather "yolk-y-looking" in general. (Was that TMI?)

That's a quick overview of the last day or so. I hope that gives you a good idea of what we've experienced. We have two chicks running around like crazy in the brooder, and that makes me very happy. We hope for more, but if not, God was gracious to give us these two. We'll cherish and tame whatever He gives us.

Have a great day, friends!