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 Science Project ....

 We began hearing little "cheep, cheeps" around noon on Thursday. Our first egg cracked that evening. It started with a small hole or "pip"at 7pm on Thursday night and was fully hatched by 1:05am... #2 and #3 followed at 7:15am and 10ish on Friday. The kids affectionately named them
Sparky, Black Knight, and Snow Ball. We have no idea if they were hens or roosters.  You apparently have to get them sexed by an expert or wait til they grow up some more.
Overall, the science project totally rocked. Our best one to date!! It was truly amazing to watch the process from beginning to end. The kids were in love with our 3 hatchlings! The only kink in the plan is that we had to return them to the farm, because Momma is a city gal. Im totally not ready for chickens. Maybe one day. So my sweet animal loving girl cried herself to sleep the night before we returned them and all the way to the farm. She tacked a love note on their box for the trip. She's fully recovered now and thinks the project was worth it even though we couldn't keep them.