HUGE NEWS!

We have HUGE NEWS! First of all, I am back, but the even better news is that WE HAVE A CHICK! We had a few pips, or cracks, in the eggs today that we were watching closely. Then when I was sitting at my desk I could hear some cheaping. Since you can hear the chicks while they are still inside the eggs I opened the incubator to see if I could tell which one was making the noise. That is when I saw an egg with a huge hole in it! He was pecking towards the bottom so we didn't even notice him!

 Miss Vandelune and I were watching him and he hatched 5 minutes before the kids came back from library. I was glad she got to see one hatch before she left since she did all the work of keeping them warm!
The kids were shocked that he was black, and not yellow. He was also wet and VERY exhauseted! Before I left tonight I put him in his new home, a rabbit cage. He has plenty of room for his brothers and sisters join him.

(I added a video of him before he hatched. I'm not sure if it will work or not!)

He his is! Egg number 1!

We also have some sad news. It was Miss Vandelune' s last day today. The kids just loved her and will definitely miss her. She did a wonderful job while I was gone. Luckily she is going to be subbing a lot until the end of the year so they will be able to still see her. In fact, she will be in Mrs. Otte's room tomorrow!