Jeffery Hen Gets Sick

One morning after waking up to Roo's crowing, Jeffery Hen felt a big pain inside of her. She got up and went outside before the roosters came in from their hunt. Roo looked down and saw her and wondered why she was out so early. He flew out of the tree to see what was the matter and she told him that she wasn't feeling good and needed some fresh air.

Because Roo stopped crowing, all of the hens came out of their hen houses thinking it was time to eat, even Bear came out. The hens wondered what was going on, "Where is the food?"

Roo said, "Jeffery Hen is sick and she needs me to take care of here right now." The hens helped Jeffery hen to the waterhole to get some water and they all put together a nest for her in the nesting box of her house.

When the roosters arrived with the day's hunt, they were wondering why everybody was already out and why was Roo not crowing. The hens told the roosters that Jeffery Hen was sick. Jeffery Hen's appetite was completely gone for that one day. She slept in the nest box that night.

The next morning she was feeling a whole lot better. Little did Jeffery Hen know that inside her a little bitty egg yolk was forming. She went outside when Roo stopped crowing and ate like never before. She felt like she was hungry all of the time.

A couple of days went by and Jeffery Hen got sick again, this time she didn't feel like going outside, she went over and laid in her nest. When Roo stopped crowing she told Bear to go out without her. Little did Jeffery Hen know that inside of her the yolk was getting larger.

Roo looked down and saw Bear without Jeffery Hen. He flew out of the tree to see what was the matter. He went inside the hen house and saw Jeffery Hen in her nest box. He asked what was wrong and she said she felt too bad. Some of the hens came in to see if they could be of any help. They went to the watering hole and got her some water and brought it to her. This made her feel better.

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The next day Jeffery Hen felt good enough to go outside and eat. Her appetite was so huge that the other hens were beginning to start worrying about her. She was also putting on a lot of weight and was very heavy. A few days later Jeffery Hen got sick again, this time she was all of the time wanting something to drink. She seems to want to stay at the waterhole all day long. Little did she know that inside of her the yolk has formed and now it is beginning to form the egg white. Jeffery Hen now was so big that she could barely stand on the perch inside of her house.

As time went by she started to sit in her nest. Very soon the nest started to feel real snug. Days later Jeffery Hen got sick again, this time the pain was very hard to bear. She got up out of her nest and went outside, she was craving sand and crushed eggshells. Little did she know that inside of her the egg was forming it's shell.

When the other hens noticed what she was doing they knew right away that Jeffery Hen was going to start laying an egg, but nobody wanted to tell her because they didn't know for sure. They knew if they told her and it wasn't true it would make her feel real bad.

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Every since Jeffery Hen had this strange craving her bowel movement has stopped. This went on for almost a week. Little did she know that the egg inside of her is ready to come out. All day long she sit in her nest, the pain will come and go. Bear came into the house and she told him to go and get his daddy. Bear when and got Roo. Roo came in to see what she was wanting. She told Roo she was in so much pain that she can't stand it. She told him that she didn't have a bowel movement in almost a week now. She said, "I'm so heavy that I can't even stand."

Roo stayed with her for over an hour; then the sun started to go down. Bear came in and sat on the perch. Jeffery Hen started to push and push to get what she thought was her bowel movement out of her. She sure dreaded the fact that she was going to have this big movement in her nest, but she had no other choice. She really dreaded the fact that she is going to have to clean the mess up in the morning.

"Roo, please squeeze me!" she yelled. Roo squeezed her and squeezed her; at last all of it was out of her. Jeffery Hen felt so much better that she fell right to sleep in Roo's arms. Roo gently just sit her back into her nest. She slept completely sound all night.

Posted by Aunt Meaner