After a full day of taking his time, s/he finally “came out of his/her shell” right before 11 p.m.  Welcome to the world, little one!  Here’ hoping the other 6 hatch as well!

It has begun! Today is day 21 and I am down to 7 eggs at this point. One egg had pipped early this morning and has now started to zip.

As you can see, this is a buff orpington egg. Actually, it’s the only buff egg left out of the original 18 that I set. The others are a mixture of blue/black/splash orpington eggs. I have no idea what colors they will actually be until they are born. I’m still hopeful that they will hatch, but I’m trying not to get too hopeful.

Keep watching for more updates!