Sorry – the chick cam has now finished and the chicks have returned to the farm.
Watching eggs hatch is number 46 on the Colebourne 50 things list. Why not fill in a special chick record sheet and add to your file.

Links
Key Chick Glossary
Photos of each stage from the webcam
Videos taken from the webcam (including – the first hatching)

Did you know that..
. . . not all chicks are yellow
. . . chicks can be heard chirping in their shells up to 24 hours before hatching
. . . chicks do not need feed and water for up to 48 hours after hatching
. . . chicks start to grow feathers in the first week
. . . chickens eyelids close from the bottom up
. . . brown/black chicks come from dark shelled eggs
. . . chicks have an “egg tooth” on the top of their beak to break open the shell

Key moments:
21.04.15:
– 9.45am – Ten Eggs have been delivered and one egg shows signs of trying to hatch.
– 11.07am – Three more eggs show signs of cracking. The chicks are using their ‘egg teeth’ to help crack out.
– 3.02pm -The first chick hatches
– During the evening another chick hatched

22.04.15:
During the night another 4  chicks hatched – taking the total hatched to 6.
– AM:
The 6 chicks that had hatched have been moved to their heated box.
3 more chicks hatched – watched live by children in school. (One to go)