FINISHED THE COOP - for the time being...

From chicks to chickens

Threse critters grow quickly -

After the tragic passing of our three eggs from unknown causes - the family decided to begin our brood with four day-old chicks from Mcmurray hatchery -

Natalie Can't Wait Any Longer -

Eggs are moving!!!!!!!

Day '0' and the eggs should be hatching any time now - here's a video of one of the eggs jiggling...

Coop Almost Done

We're coming down to the wire on the coop construction -

Uncle David's working hard to get the shingles on - Eric is "supervising".

gotta get the roof on

DAY 6!

Day 5 - Candling

The Coop is coming along...

DAY 2

We "candled" the egg using a flashlight and a piece of cardboard with an egg-sized hole. It works best in a completely dark room. It allows you to see the chick growing inside the shell- a little like ultrasound for pregnant women.

Not much to see yet, but we will be posting pictures every few days, and maybe even some video when the chicks get bigger and start moving.

THE EGGS ARE HERE!

The eggs are here and they are like a turqoise color its really cool!

Coop Construction

Coop Photos

Here is the coop I am building with my dad. That is my friend Lila. She already has chickens.

We decided to hatch some chicks for the science fair, so we ordered three Americana chicken eggs from Meyer Hatchery.

Americana's are really cute and kind of chubby. Here is a picture of one that I found on the web.

The eggs should arrive on Monday, March 9 and will hatch 21 days later! We will keep you posted on their progress.

coop photos!

We decided to hatch chick eggs for the science fair.

We ordered Americana chicks. They are really cute and kind of chubby.

They are coming on Monday March 9th and they should hatch in 21 days!!!

Here are some pictures of the coop my dad and I are building.

CHICKEN MANGA

oh my goodness this is the cutest thing i have ever seen!!!!!!
check out this video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3yu4fan04s&NR=1

Cousin Ben and the Chicken Video

I wonder what kind of chicken Ben is chasing in the video? hmmm. Anyone? Looks like it has a very fancy hat on. -emily

Kids On Chicks

Hello, peoples of the web
this is our first post hooray! Anyway a bunch of us ''kids'' are getting 6-9 chickens, we have had
ducklings before but never chicks so we are experienced in hatching.
We are really excited and are happy and hope that you will learn something from our experiences which we are going to post regularly in this online journal.
so, feel free to share your thoughts and ideas.