The Great Chicken Adventure: Day 19 3PM

Time flies when you're having fun! After 9 hours we have 5 chicks hatched. Each one is interesting to watch because they all hatch differently. Even coming out of the egg they seem to have different personalities. Chick #3 slowly and deliberately pecked a line around the top of her egg and gracefully came into the world. Whereas chick #4 (who was trying to hatch at the same time as Chick #3) thought it would be more effective to roll around instead of peck a hole. Eventually he discovered that he too had to pick a line and hatch out the traditional way. Chick #5 was very slow at picking out. He had a great line picked but he got himself turned around in the egg and the first thing to pop out of the crack was a foot. So after about 1/2 hr of struggling, I helped him out and he was glad for it. He seemed a bit weaker, maybe it was just in contrast to the chicks who had already hatched and already were quite strong. Chick #5 had a hard time lifting his head and seemed to be quivering a bit. I did some heat lamp adjustments and after an hour he seems a lot stronger. Right now I have one that has a good hole picked and one that keeps rolling every couple of minutes. So more action to come!