Apr. 19, 2007
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As I worked in the garden with my family, my sister, Starlight, was begging us to come look in the barn. We finally consented and trooped into the barn behind her. I wasn't expecting to see something unusually exciting. Maybe a cat or something like that. Well, I can't say I was terribly excited over what I saw; though it wasn't our cat laying in some odd position. No, it was one of our chickens, and she was sitting on a nest. Funny, they find some of the strangest places for their nests. This one however, was by Dad's rototiller. She was proudly sitting over as many eggs as she ( a small little hen) could sit on. Mom said we could let her sit on them because we did not know how long she had been sitting. WOW! That was going to be fun. Thoughts of fluffy chicks ran though my mind. What would they look like? They would be darling! Thier mother was one of our favorit hens. Along with the dreams of spring's babies came doubts. What about the cats? Would they leave them alone? If we could only be there when they hatched then we would be able to lock up the cats. Only time can tell us what will happen. Mom and Breeze set up the incubator Breeze put two of the eggs in it. We have to keep the temperature at 101 degrees. We also have to keep the humidity at 65 -70%. We do that by putting more or less water in the trench. Starlight put an 0 on one side of the egg and an X on the other. Mom says we don't actually have to turn the eggs though, because the eggs have matured enough. SO, the mother hen has done most of that work for us. We'll do our best to take care of them. Only time will tell . . . what will happen. |
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