Living Eggs

On Monday 4th March Emmanuel was full of 'egg-citment!' as 10 eggs arrived in an incubator.

We waited expectantly and spent all day Tuesday watching and hoping for some signs of life and by the end of the day a few cracks were appearing!

When Mr Snowdon arrived early Wednesday morning, he was delighted to walk into this sight:

Things began to move rapidly and in wasn't long before 2 became 3 and by the end of the day...

and there were 8...take a look at this:

By Thursday all 10 had hatched - Praise God for the wonder of new life.

Once the chicks had dried out and fluffed up it was time to move them out the incubator and into the 'brooder'.

The chicks grow rapidly and it is not long before they are strong enough to be held for a short time.