Welcome Little Peeps!

Monday morning I headed to the chicken coop

to see if the eggs under the two setting

hens had hatched.

It was day 21. Nothing.

I went back a couple of hours later

and found this!

 

Well I actually heard it before

I saw it. 

Peep Peep Peep

and then out from under Momma's

wing popped this sweet little head.

 

 

Then this little one came out 

from the other side!

 

Two little chicks

exploring their world

for the first time.

 

And then there were three!

 

 A later trip to the coop revealed

there were 3 little fuzzy chicks.

The little one on it's momma 

is a little mixed Black Australorp/ 

Buff Orpington

and the other two are pure bred

Black Australorp.

Now isn't that the cutest 

little 'fuzzy butt' you've

ever seen!

 

Momma 'Golda Meir'

 is already showing her chicks

how to hunt and peck just like the

big girls do. 

Unfortunately the eggs under

'Helen From Hell'

didn't hatch. Two were not

fertilized and two were

but she must not have spent enough

time on her nest keeping them warm

as they were not fully developed.

I put Helen back in with the other chickens.

Today we'll open momma and the chicks

door and they will be allowed to 

explore the big wide world

in the safety of their own 'run'. 

It should be an exciting day

for the little family

and us too! 

:)