Hatching chicks

In Room 13 we are incubating eggs,
It's Day 11. The eggs take 21 days to hatch.

This is the incubator.
We have seven eggs.

The screen on top of the incubator tells us what the temperature is and which day we are up to.
The eggs must be kept at 37.5 degrees.

We are marking each day off n the calendar.

This is what the chicken embryos look like at the moment. 

This is a Barred Plymouth Rock hen.
We have two eggs from this breed.

This is what a Barred Plymouth Rock chick looks like.

This is a Light Sussex chicken.
We have three eggs from this breed.

This is a Light Sussex chick

This is a Dorking chicken.
We have two eggs from this breed.

These are Dorking chicks.

Watch this space! 

The countdown continues!

Sketching in the garden

Friday was such a beautiful day we spent the afternoon in the vegetable gardens sketching and checking out the growth. 

Its a wonderful place to be.

The glasshouse is a warm space which is perfect to growig seedlings.

The worms in the compost bins are doing a great job of turning our lunch scraps into plant food.