Sunday, July 24, 2011

Six for Six: We are Grandparents

While I know there are actually only five chicks in this picture, our hen Charlie, does infact have six chicks. The sixth is also yellow. Only one blackie. Stan discovered the faint peeps on Tuesday morning last, where 4 eggs had hatched. Within the next two hours the last two eggs hatched and all six fertilized eggs were successfully born. Now the waiting begins. How many of the chicks will be roosters and how many will be hens. We won't know for about 4-6 months. I sure hope they are all hens so we can keep them.
What better way to learn science than to live it. How lucky we are to witness where eggs come from and where chickens come from, for that matter.

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