Over the weekend, the Icelandic chicks hatched out in the incubator.
Right from the start, these chicks were much livelier than the standard chicks. When I had left for work in the morning, there were just a few tiny holes pipped in the eggs. This video was what I saw when I got home in the evening.
The next morning, when everyone was completely dried and fluffed, I slipped all the chicks under the sitting black Australorp and gave them the day to bond, then safely sat the peeps on the floor so they wouldn't have to bail out of the nest on their own. Mama hen wasn't sure she was ready to leave the nest, but the calls of the chicks eventually pulled her out.
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