A Baker's Dozen

Thus far we have had 13 chicks hatch. It's been very exciting. The second hatch group began hatching around noon on Saturday. I watched this Black Marans make his entrance into the world.









Here he is today - at 2 days old.


And here he is with some of his peeps.


We've been moving the chicks from the incubator to a "brooder" with food and water, when they are 24 hours old. Here's who was in the incubator on Sunday morning.



And this morning




In other chicken news, Dottie's eye looks less swollen and irritated (Dottie is the Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte, who still is having eye issues). We've been treating her eye with saline flushes and antibiotic eye ointment twice a day for the past week. The other young chickens, which we bought a few weeks ago, were recently integrated into the flock. They seem to be doing well, although the newbies tend to stick together and they still need help finding their way into the coop at night. Leaving a light on inside the coop appears to help.

Now, I have to go back to the nursery and watch the chicks some more; it's almost impossible to tear myself away!

Annie