We Have a Peeper!!!

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We have an egg starting to hatch!!  Even though the peep is low, I could hear it through the closed bedroom door in our kitchen.  I had just checked the eggs several times this morning, and nothing was happening.  Now, lo and behold, we have our first egg starting to hatch! 

BUT I have to get ready for work now.  
:-(  

Luckily, hubby is on day shift this week due to a class he is taking, so he will be home by 5:00 at the latest.  The egg will only be alone for about 4 hours.  Hopefully the little bugger will hatch by tonight, and it will be a healthy chick.  I've read that guineas can take up to 2 days to hatch.  And under no circumstances are we to help it hatch.  I've got that burned into my brain from all my reading.

I'm so excited... I sure wish I could stay home and watch it hatch, but hopefully one of the other eggs will give me that opportunity.

5 comments:

  1. Don't try to help it...it needs all the work to get out on it's own in order to be healthy...

    I have 11 chicks at home right now...a one did not seem to be growing...then I realize it was a late hatch and I actually have 12 chicks at the moment...

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  2. Can't wait to see it out and about!

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  3. I interact with lots of critters but no chicks.....I am all excited about yours.

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  4. can't wait to see all your peeps, :) including you.

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