This year we are hatching chickens in our room, and raising them until they are big enough to go to the coop. Later this fall, there will be a link to a live feed of the chickens in the coop. We will be collecting data on the chickens remotely. Our chicken research will be posted here.
Friday, August 24th: Our eggs arrived! We are estimating a September 10th hatch date.
Friday, August 24th: Our eggs arrived! We are estimating a September 10th hatch date.
Our first egg hatched on Friday, September 14th at 12:45 p.m. It is a Blue Easter Egger.
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This Black Copper Maran hatched Saturday, September 15th at 2:00 p.m.
The remaining eggs did not hatch. Of the ten eggs, two successfully hatched, one egg was cracked and truly rotten. One egg was fertilized but the chicken did not develop past the fifth day. The remaining eggs were not fertilized.
Our little flock of two was perfect but not sufficient. Our chicks needed more chickens in order to stay warm all winter, and for their social needs. We took a class vote and opted to purchase day old chicks rather than wait the twenty-one days and try another hatch. Winter was coming too fast and the babies would not be big enough soon enough. Additionally, MY Pet Chicken could guarantee our chicks would be girls.
On October 3rd, our box of chicks arrived at the St. George Post Office, ready for food. We got six chicks. On October 4th, one of the chicks died. It was the Barred Plymoth Rock. He was buried in Mrs. Bigham's yard after a short, but heart felt memorial service.
Our little flock of two was perfect but not sufficient. Our chicks needed more chickens in order to stay warm all winter, and for their social needs. We took a class vote and opted to purchase day old chicks rather than wait the twenty-one days and try another hatch. Winter was coming too fast and the babies would not be big enough soon enough. Additionally, MY Pet Chicken could guarantee our chicks would be girls.
On October 3rd, our box of chicks arrived at the St. George Post Office, ready for food. We got six chicks. On October 4th, one of the chicks died. It was the Barred Plymoth Rock. He was buried in Mrs. Bigham's yard after a short, but heart felt memorial service.
This is the Black Copper Maran and the Blue Easter Egger, the two we hatched, playing in the grass. They found a worm! They did not eat it.