Farm Journal -- That'll Teach Me, Chapter 2
Fourteen eggs.
That's how many acogswell counted last night when we moved the wee hen and her clutch into the greenhouse. The transition went smoothly. Like thieves in the night, I grabbed her while acogswell loaded up the eggs in a basket. Then we moved the whole entourage into their temporary home.
It amazed me that such a little thing could actually sit on that many eggs, or the fact that she's not even a year yet and is already broody. But she puffed herself up as best as she could and covered up all of those eggs.
Fourteen eggs.
Really.
Man, I hope they all don't hatch.
That's how many acogswell counted last night when we moved the wee hen and her clutch into the greenhouse. The transition went smoothly. Like thieves in the night, I grabbed her while acogswell loaded up the eggs in a basket. Then we moved the whole entourage into their temporary home.
It amazed me that such a little thing could actually sit on that many eggs, or the fact that she's not even a year yet and is already broody. But she puffed herself up as best as she could and covered up all of those eggs.
Fourteen eggs.
Really.
Man, I hope they all don't hatch.