The eggs we put in the incubator almost three weeks ago have started to hatch! Number one came early this morning. Then for a long time, nothing. Finally we got numbers two and three pretty close together, and recently got number four.

Number one is the reddish one in the back. Number two’s over there on the left - the chick born of an egg that Sassy (the chicken who leaves the chicken yard and travels to her childhood coop to lay her eggs) laid. Number three came out of a Polish-laid egg. I don’t know if it was a Featherhead who laid the egg, or the Rock Star, but it was one of the three. No idea who the father is.

Number two (Sassy’s baby) and four (from a flea market egg).

Number two, Sassy’s baby. I think s/he is going to be gorgeous.

Sassy’s baby (before s/he was born, obviously), getting ready to get out of there.

Baby number four is a cutie. (Well, they all are.)

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Number five! This one’s from a Polish mother (either a Featherhead or the Rock Star) and an unknown father.

Number one snuggles up to the newborn.

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Babies number 7 (the fluffyish yellow chick on the right), 8 (the black one in the back) and 9 (the reddish one in the front). We have four more eggs, but none of them are showing any signs of life. We’re going to let them go until tomorrow, but I don’t expect we’ll get anything from them.