Baby Chick 2008

About three weeks ago I posted that Baby Banty, Pinky, and a No Namer were setting on a few eggs. Baby Banty and Pinky stayed, the No Namer did not, although Midnight got in on the fun and she is now setting but she's not due to hatch her eggs until the 23rd.

Twenty-one days later was yesterday. Pinky was the first and when I checked the coop yesterday, lo and behold, a chick was on it's way. You would be surprised at the peeping inside the egg :)

Within ten minutes, after putting the egg back, the chick had popped the "lid" off.

Here's the chick about a minute or two old.

Last night when I checked her (and of course it has to be a "her") she was all fluffy & dry and snug under Pinky. I really am sure she's a she because when I spread out her wing she had all the same length pin feathers, a rooster has two lengths or so they say, I guess time will tell (and I hope I'm not backwards on this). This picture was taken this morning, and another chick was hatched in the night, so now we have two!
EDIT: Tracey left a comment that I was backwards with the feather check and she was right, thanks Tracey!

If you'd like to see the whole thing "live" I've shot a video. The egg is a bit blurry but the rest of the video is pretty clear.