Eggciting Update...

Hi everyone,

So much has happened in the last few days since the eggs arrived.

Tuesday was a very quiet day. We all waited patiently watching the eggs and anticipating the new arrivals. Sadly, nothing happened which was disappointing considering other classes had one or two chicks hatched and some of ours had started pipping.. Nevertheless, on Wednesday morning we arrived to BIG excitement! Nor one, two but THREE of the chicks had hatched and were happily chirping in the incubator. What great news. Unfortunately, as it had happened overnight, we missed the whole thing. Luckily, there was a couple of eggs very very close to hatching so we set up an ipad to do a time lapse so we definitely wouldn't miss anything (and we didn't). By the end of the day we had a grand total of six cheeky chicks to care for.

Fast forward to Thursday. Our remaining three unhatched eggs had still not hatched. One had shown no signs of pipping whereas the other two had started to crack and you could see their dander poking through. We waited patiently throughout the day but there was still no signs of movement. We were starting to get a little worried. As if by magic, Jo (from Living Eggs) returned to see how it was all going and we were able to share our concerns. She told us it was best that she helped out - which shouldn't really happen because it's not letting nature take its course but sometimes its crucial -  by gently peeling the egg and releasing the chick. Jo said that the membrane on the shell was that thick that there was no chance the chick could have hatched itself - poor thing. Both remaining chicks were given a bath (carefully so not to get water near their beaks). Luckily both chicks, who ended up being girls, survived and are currently drying out in the incubator together.

Check out the pictures! We'll update soon with the time lapse that we took soon.

Keep your eyes peeled for eggstra updates :-)