Mother's Day Surprise!

With the eggs due to hatch Sunday/Monday, I thought that I had better check in one last time before bedtime on Sunday. Sure enough, a chick had hatched sometime during the day! Chicks need to stay in the warm incubator until its downy feathers are completely dry and then it can be moved into a brooder box. This chick was already dry and fluffy. It was moving around quite a bit so I could tell it was ready to come out of the incubator. I set up the brooder box with a warmer light before leaving. I can't wait to see the kids' faces in the morning!!!

It was the light brown egg that our black chick hatched from: