Oh No!

It just hit me this morning--out of our 10 chicks we are only sure that two of them are females 

(the big black ones are Black Star and the males will have yellow spots on their heads--ours don't).

I had said we would keep one or two roosters at the most, and we'll keep all of our silkies.

I can't imagine giving any of them away at this point!!!!  

We love all of them--I know, they are just chickens but they are so cute and have funny little personalities.  Our neighbors are going to hate us.

We Have Movement!

Here is a picture of our eggs today (Day 20 of 21).

We took them out of the turner on Sunday morning and now we just wait.

  I marked them so that I can make sure they stay in the same position if we pick them up (which we try not to do!).

 

The kids and I sat and did a unit study on eggs, then we read a chapter from 

Apologia's Flying Creatures that teaches how God created the hen to take care of her eggs, how He created the chicks to know how to get out and when.  

It's pretty neat!!

 

Afterward we opened the incubator to check them out and sure enough two of them keep rocking back and forth, and we even heard one chirping!!!!

 

So exciting!!!!

 

Chickens and More!

For the past few years we've been throwing around the idea of having chickens.

Actually, I've been throwing it around and Ben just shakes his head and mumbles something.

The kids and I borrowed and incubator a few weeks ago and bought 32 chicken eggs off of craigslist!

We're on our way and are so excited!!!  

We are on day 9 of  21 and are seeing the tiny little chicks move inside the eggs!

We will have Silkies, Buff Orpingtons, Wyandottes, and Americaunas!

We're excited to have backyard chickens soon!!!