New Life on the Farm

Today was a special day here at the Quad L Farm.  One of our Columbian Rocks went broody and we now have our first baby fuzz ball :))

Momma Bess and Fuzz Ball #1

When we realized that Bess was broody, we collected eggs over the next couple of days and put them under her.   We gave here 11 eggs :)  I was able to candle them about three days ago and saw movement in all of them.  Hens are always better with the incubation process than a homemade incubator.

Because we were unsure of the exact day she started sitting on the first few eggs, we had to guesstimate the hatch date.  Chicks hatch in 21 days.  We were thinking Wednesday was going to be the magic day but obviously we were off by a couple of days.  This evening I went to check on her and was trying to figure out what she had stuck on here beak (a feather), and all of a sudden, I see the little fuzz ball stick it's head out.  Yippee! Yay!  We had a surprise :)))

Momma is feeding her baby :)

Chicken Girl and I sat down at the coop and watched as Momma Bess gently called her baby to come out and then she gently fed her some food.  God's creations are so awesome!!!  Love, love, love watching His creations in action :)  My heart is singing tonight :)))