The Night our Chicks Hatched by Sarah Kasson
by Embrace Country Life on 04/29/13
On April 3, 2013 the first peeps of our new chicks
were heard. We had been incubating our
chicks for 21 days, so we knew the chicks were a day early. On that special day I had my friend Erin over
for a sleepover. We were playing Mario
Kart when we heard a faint but noticeable “peep”. Instantly, we paused the game and ran over to
the incubator. When we looked in we
noticed there were 6 eggs with a crack in them.
Erin and I then continued our game pausing when we heard more
peeps. After 11 o’clock we noticed that
one egg had a very large crack. We kept
on watching that chick for about 30 minutes.
After about an hour the chick’s wet feathers were visible. Erin and I stayed up until about 2 in the
morning. When we went to bed three
chicks had hatched and more coming.
In the morning about 7 chicks hatched and
they were peeping like crazy. Erin named
3 chicks and we waited for our sisters to wake up to name the others. During the
night both Erin and I posted picture of the chicks and posted them on
Instagram. This was a sleepover both
Erin and I will never forget!
