I walked into the bathroom to see this. Goggles again! Flippers! I am convinced they were worth every last nickel of the dollar I spent on them, and then some.
We only have a dozen hens. Half of them are currently broody, and I've avoided candling the eggs for a couple of weeks now, as it seemed like every day, a new hen succumbed to peer pressure and hunkered down to hatch some eggs. We even have a double-decker set of broody hens! One sits on top of the other, who sits on top of the eggs. I need to do something about this.
Anyway, a few days ago, I candled them and discovered that we have hens sitting on over 50 fertilized eggs, though I don't have hopes (maybe some fears) of that many hatching. This morning the first one tapped through. See its legs?
And this afternoon, we had a ball of fluff to coo over. Here's to 50-odd more! (Not really. I hope not. Our dilapidated coop can't handle that many.)
Oh, and at bedtime, I took the girls to the crick again. It's hot, I tell you!
now THAT's a creek! Ours is plum dry. May we come over? And wear scuba gear?
ReplyDeleteI think this one's dry now, too, unless last night's rain (thank you, Lord!) was enough to fill it.
ReplyDeleteYou could definitely wear scuba gear, though. I'd take pictures. :)