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What do newly hatched chicks actually look like?

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hairygodmother · 04/04/2011 19:50

Oh wise denizens of Mumsnet, please help out a complete townie! We are now living in rural Warwickshire and my DD1 goes to our village school. She is in Reception and they've all been v excited as they have an incubator in the classroom with 10 or so eggs nearly ready to hatch. My daughter has just been telling me that she doesn't want to go to school tomorrow as she appears to be afraid of the chicks, notably their eyes (!). I think they've been shown pictures of embryos which have freaked her out a bit. Whilst she is clearly a sensitive little soul and to a certain extent I've told her to suck it up, I actually realise that I don't know what a chick looks like fresh out of the egg. I'm assuming it's not fluffy and yellow right off the bat? She seems to be expecting this so thought might be a good idea to pre-warn her if they don't actually look like that!

This is of course a bizarre request and I do apologise but would be grateful if any of you could let me know what they really do look like right out of the egg? I am somewhat embarrassed at my complete lack of rural knowledge.

Thank you so much!!

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ellangirl · 04/04/2011 20:26

Like !

thisisyesterday · 04/04/2011 20:28

they look all wet and manky!

hairygodmother · 04/04/2011 20:46

Thanks so much for your answers. I did suspect that they looked a bit manky but when I mentioned that I thought they would probably be pinkish and damp she got quite upset! That YouTube link is brilliant, ellangirl, why didn't I think of that? Will show it to her so she knows what to expect Smile

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AintMissBeehiving · 04/04/2011 22:12

They fluff up quickly

ditavonteesed · 09/04/2011 08:19

have a look at my profile, pics of them as they were hyatching I thinkk on there.

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