August 09 -- Baby chicks hatch

Our guinea hen had been sitting on a nest full of eggs when something got her. When we realized she was no longer sitting on her eggs, we borrowed an incubator from Mr. Gene to try to save the eggs. Since we had some extra space, we thought we'd also try some chicken eggs for fun. Unfortunately, none of the guinea eggs hatched (she must have been off them longer than we realized) -- but our chicken eggs were more successful than we expected. :) Here are a few pictures of when they began hatching & the following day when we had adorable fluffy chicks. Now we'll be waiting to see if they turn our to be hens or roosters!!