Our friends the Monniers had gotten some chicken eggs to watch hatch. Holly is such a fun mom and found a program that is usually for school classrooms but had converted to home activities since the schools are shut down. But this program gives you fertilized eggs, and incubator, brooder, and egg viewer, plus lesson plans to go along with the chickens. You watch the chickens grow inside the eggs for a couple of weeks, then get to keep the chicks for a week after they hatch. Then the chicks head back to the farm. How cool is that?!
Due to a planned power outage to replace an electric pole, the Monniers needed someone with electricity to babysit their eggs so the incubator could be plugged in. Of course, my kids were super happy to have them come to our house. The girls showed us the four chicks that had already hatched, then we babysat the two eggs in the incubator. We only had the eggs for four hours, but amazingly during that time, one egg hatched! It was so neat to watch. The kids were really excited.
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| The four chicks that already hatched. They are named (not in any particular order) Rosie, Nugget, Chipmunk, and something else... |
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| My kids decided to name this chicken Cocoa. The Monniers were very nice and let the chicken keep the name. According to Rick, he was planning on naming it General Tso. |
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| This picture is not about the chicks, but on the same day, we got our first delivery from our CSA. Included were delicious farm fresh strawberries. Laney said, "This one is as big as my hand!" |
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