We're currently incubating 12 eggs. I think the eggs have been in the incubator for a week, and it takes three weeks for them to hatch, so we have a couple of weeks to go. Based on our research we think we should be able to get 5 to 8 chicks when it's all said and done. The chicks are from our laying flock, so they'll all be Delaware chickens. The females will be integrated into our laying flock, and the males will be fattened up and eaten! Delawares -- a rare breed -- are dual-purpose birds so they do well with both laying and meat production. They're not ridiculous on the meat side, like the fat boy Cornish Cross chickens that we're currently raising for a February slaughter, but they do supposedly provide quite a bit of meat. Both Brandi and I area really looking forward to eating one at some point in the future.

And now for a completely non-related photo I shot just a few minutes ago: