LaVerl is Amazing!

Laverl thought it would be fun to try to hatch out some of our chicken eggs! He bought this little incubator, read lots of info on the process, put in some fertile eggs and here's the results... These little chicks were 3 days premature, they were supposed to hatch out on July 21st! They look a little scrawny and some still have their eyes closed shut, but most are doing pretty well. Its amazing to first see the little peep hole, then they continue breaking the shell in a circle all the way around until the top of the egg shell pops off!! So far 15 have hatched out of 24!

They are now 3 days old and so far only 1 has died, but another one isn't looking to chipper!

These are 2 from the first batch of eggs he tried, now about 21 days old. We found out that adding a little oxygen helps and we had alot better hatch rate. Also, he had to get a rooster that was doing his job better. The old one got put out to pasture with the cow and goat!

Yep, fun times on the Crosby Farm!!