 Okay, Colonel is letting us know I think me and him he just walked over on the outside of the coop and we looked into very white Clutch of eggs, and I think I saw a baby chick Let's sneak in there and let's just be quiet and see see what we can find out in here Oh This might be happening it honestly looked like That girl. Oh, do you see it's blue popped his head? Yeah, it's alive. Yes. It's definitely alive. It's popped his little head out It's big. Oh, yeah. It was a good size bird That was probably like last night. Yes. It's already dry. And I was even saying Does it happen at night time? Oh cool. It's scared of us. He's trying to be quiet Chick has got scared. It's trying to like hide its face under Barry That is too cute. He's black. Looks like that's probably hers. Yep It's That's awesome because I wanted a australorp. She's like an australorp Easter egg her mix and I love it. She's got a good temperament. She lays good eggs big juicy blue eggs So I wonder how many more there's gonna be I don't know if they might be staggered This could be like an all-day deal. Let me see let daddy see. Oh My god, there's two there's two There's the other one The other one is in the back. Oh my gosh, they're like completely dry. Oh my goodness. Oh There's a third. I see a third. It's a white one. Oh My goodness, holy cow. Yeah, they're all different. Oh Look see see there's two on the left this is crazy. Okay, there's definitely still eggs under there. I see eggs Wow This is the magic right now Isn't this cool Amy? Yeah. Okay, so we at least have three Hopefully a couple of them are hens. Oh my gosh. They're like developed Yeah, we kind of like missed the The hatching I mean we saw well, I remember I saw the egg starting to crack and the chick was coming out Yeah, this was an overnight deal. Wow. Okay, let's give her some privacy. Oh The magic the wonders of nature. This is so awesome. I was actually planning on going Fishing today and now I kind of suspected this would happen. And so I'm going to stay here and facilitate the rest of the hatchlings until they kind of literally get on their feet and And then I can go but This that is just so awesome guys never seen that before You know, I've seen it done in like the home incubators, but I've I've never personally Hatched any chicks, you know, we've always gotten chicks from the store And we've we've never had a broody hen to do this with until like a month ago And I was like, let's just try it and the natural process is happening. So they look good so far I'm sure some of them will not make it My worry was that I put a few of them under her in the beginning like a day or two ahead. So You know, the ones that are hatched now, they'll be okay But I'm worried as she gets off the nest She'll forget about the other eggs and they won't come out. I don't know. I don't know This is gonna be a crazy Experiment I may have to help some of them Get out of the shells. I don't know. It's really wild though Exciting times here at the tree house. So stay tuned Okay, here's the plan We are going to take Literally just one got these The last man, I didn't have any chick feed Chicks need a higher protein feed than regular Chickens like laying hens and stuff. So I got an 18% crumble And I got these little cheapo little trays that accept mation jars. So I'm gonna put water And food inside of the brood coop so that the hen the hen's gonna eat the same feed I hope and She'll stay in there with them and the little box that I built the nesting box. I'm just gonna lift it up and There's no bottom on it. So it should allow her to just stay on the clutch and The chicks won't fall out of the The little nesting box that I built. Hopefully this is gonna work. Give you some water in here It's really important that the chicks don't get wet because they're super Susceptible to hypothermia She actually keeps the correct humidity for them and the temperature But if they fall into water or something like that, they just cool down too quick and they die So that's why I want a real shallow water tray so they can't dive into it Okay, she's basically Eating on the pot right now And she's making little noises and I think that's Indicating to the chicks that that means food. I think I think that's the chicken language She's bitey Teach them what to eat. These eggs You know, like there's basically a 24-hour period. It started last night. So the last video that you guys saw saw the first eggs start to hatch and From what I understand they kind of like work a little circle around the egg They make a peephole first. That's where that term comes from and they start working it around They kind of push their feet and bust out. What do you think about your little hatchling? This little hatchling or that little hatchling your little hatchling is attached. I mean I can't even I'm like having to he's on the nest right now. He's on the nest I think he wants to get back in the womb right now At this point it's been a couple hours and the air temperatures heated up And the chicks are they're just looking fluffy and it's crazy how fast they grow It's almost like they've gotten bigger since I saw them this morning but they're sort of sitting at the front of mom and They're coming out a little bit just starting to peck a little food But I'm worried about the rest of the eggs. So I'm gonna attempt To remove her and just see if we've got any other activity underneath. I actually saw the eggshell and the sack that was attached and That's totally peeled off now. So I Think these chicks these ones that are up. They're actually in need of food and water now So we may only get three, you know, but I'm gonna attempt to help along any that are in here that I Can without damaging them. All right. Can I just see what we got going on in here? There's still quite a few that just aren't developed We're cracking along at all I just want to take you out just for a second. Oh, we got another one. We got another one. There's another one now Oh Just hatched One more in the back here guys Now we got four You see where that little chick just kind of Cracked around it made like a little semi-circle look sawtoothed and Then pushed and then you could see the The part of the sack there. So that's gonna be another Easter egg or chicken right there One two three four five Fluffy chicks You got any more coming out there? Very white You could do one more I think One more for us today They're so cute. Yeah, we got two uh, australorp. We got two Looks like probably naked necks and then we got One Easter egger that I know of so far. Look it's babies looking at babies It is babies looking at babies just get any cuter than that Let's touch them, buddy Chickens are heading to the roost It's time to do our last Chicken check of the day y'all This little squirt for whatever reason just always roost in the most uncomfortable spots either on top of There that metal Hard roof It's got to be hard on her feet Or this little house that I built At a sharp angle like that cannot feel good figured out which if I had to do this whole Construction over again. I would not even put A coop in here. So this big thing that with the cage on it. This is called a run. That's where they run around The coop is where they sleep keeps them safe, but this thing is so Well built that predators really can't get in here So they can kind of sleep wherever they want and I just put a Cheapo tarp on top and they love to sleep under it. It's it's nice cover So it's texas. We don't get very cold Just put them a couple of little nesting boxes where they can lace some eggs And really don't need that whole thing in here, which I don't know how I'll ever get it out. I'll have to literally take the roof off anyway put a little iris spring In here for the for the babies. Hopefully it'll keep some mosquitoes out Definitely works in this other coop. Let's take this out and see if we got any new members Happening It sound pretty sleepy right now So hard. I really don't want to take her off the nest. I took her off once today and she basically Has not moved she went back on position and has not moved So I don't think she'll she'll want to come off till tomorrow And it's real important that she keeps the humidity Exactly right. So it keeps the shells moist and they can actually hatch out of there So I really don't want to take her off just to check Hey little babies Hey little babies Oh, yeah You can pet those little baby chicks right now. That's so cool Hey there But I don't want them to think that I'm I'm mom so we're gonna let the Let the real deal take place and let mom I do her thing Well, y'all I thought we were gonna have six baby chicks. I left for a fishing trip. I've come back We now have eight And this is the cutest thing ever because they're out of the the little nests now And they're forging with mom. So we actually ended up with four little Yellow baby chicks and then we've got four that are little Easter eggers. I think They came out of the blue eggs. So four come out of the beige eggs four come out of the blue eggs How many roosters are going to be in this bunch? I don't know I was hoping to get Three or four more hens. So I think we'll at least get that we had Basically four that did not make it we had uh One they got eaten by a snake and then three that just got pushed aside They didn't end up hatching which is way better than I thought it was going to be y'all I had actually put eggs under on different days Okay, you're not supposed to do that. You want to put her on the eggs at one time So they all incubated the same Um Same time they conglomerated pretty good and most of them hatched within 24 hours Or 48 hours of each other. So Um, I'm happy with what we got and it is so Nice, it's cool to watch but it's so nice to be able to Basically hands off I've handled the chicks a little bit But for the most part let the little frizzle chicken the the broody who's now in uh mama in Just let her do all the work. She shows them everything she shows them where to eat where to drink Uh, you know, what's dangerous? Scratch around Dust bad the whole night. I mean This is nature's way and it's the easiest way to raise chickens I don't know what we were doing doing the whole box program So if you've already got chickens and you have a hand that goes broody Just take the opportunity To take some fertilized eggs and put them underneath her because it is the Is the easiest way to do it you may not get all the chickens You know, there's gonna be some survival of the fittest situation, but hey eight out of a dozen. Is it bad? And You don't have to do any work. It's so easy There's my little poop cleaner right there Yeah, you're gonna earn your keep around here, buddy There you go So the most amazing part is you know, I was worried that letting all the chicks out with the mama hen with the rest of the flock Would be dangerous Like the other chickens would come over and try to hurt the little baby chicks, but I exposed them very early I basically left this Little door open So that they could still see Little berry whites what we call her they could still see her with the chicks and kind of know she's there and I would come in here and I would throw some scratch On the first couple of days and let them Basically let her kind of eat With the chicks and keep her pecking order. Otherwise, I would have to keep them in a separate Little coop. I would still want them to see each other but keep them in an enclosure I don't even have to do that. They just stay in the same run And they're they're good to go the rest of the chickens are Out right now. They're foraging and dust bathing and stuff like that in the in the yard But when they come back in here For the most part they've gotten along very well and the rooster mr Mr. Penny god rest his soul Colonel sanders does keep the order. I will say this is A really great part about having a rooster is is they will Break up fights and kind of mediate and protect. It's it's really cool, but Our little mother hen she's aggressive So if you go up there try to get the little chicks, she will come up and bite you She will attack the other hens that have kind of gotten curious to go up She gets she just attacks them like full claws To the to the throat. So She's doing her job protecting the hens showing them everything to do You know That's pretty quick that that lasts a few weeks I got you for 18 buddy. We're gonna be here for a minute. Okay, y'all. This is our little This is our little chickens now. I wonder if this is a rooster or a hen. What do you think? I think it's a hen because I haven't heard it say Yeah, they don't start doing that until about six months What's about to get out? Yep Okay, y'all well We now have We now have 15 chickens here at the the wrackley roost So stay tuned for More of the flock developments and outdoor adventures. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you on the next one