Jeffery Hen - The Baby Sleeps All Day

After the baby hatched it went right to sleep. It slept all the rest of the day. Jeffery Hen, Roo and Bear slept on the perch. It was such a hot day that they were worried about the chick getting too hot.

The very next day, when the roosters came back from their hunt, Jeffery Hen made sure the baby was all right before she when outside. While she was outside eating her breakfast, Roo saw her and flew out of the tree to join her and Bear. She wanted Roo to help her pick up some real small seeds to feed the baby when it got hungry. They picked up as much as they could and went back into the hen house.

They put the seeds they have collected beside the chick. Patricia Hen came in to see the baby. She said, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

Jeffery Hen said, "We still haven't found out yet."

Another hen came into the hen house wanting to know the same thing. She said, "All chicks sleep exactly 24 hours when they wake up after breaking out of their shell."

Jeffery Hen said, "That will be somewhere about the time the sun starts to go down. Isn't that about the time you got married yesterday, Patricia Hen?"

Patricia Hen said, "Yes it was."

That afternoon the baby finally woke up and it started eating right away.

Jeffery Hen wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl so she gently picked it up to see.  Jeffery Hen noticed right away that it was a girl. She got all excited and started to cluck real loud. "It's a girl!" crowed Jeffery Hen.

A few hens that were standing near the hen house heard her and went to watch the baby play. Patricia Hen was also nearby, they came in and asked what she was planning on naming the baby.

Jeffery Hen said, "I have to talk it over with Roo."

Roo just then entered the hen house. He said, "I saw all of these hens come in and got worried. What's going on here?"

Jeffery Hen said, "The baby is a girl."

Roo said, "A girl?"

Jeffery Hen said, "Yes, Roo, a girl."

Roo said, "Now, I am the proud father of both a son and daughter."

Jeffery Hen said, "Yes, Roo, you are."

Roo said, "That's just how I like it."

Just then Bear entered the hen house. Roo and Jeffery Hen told him that he had a sister now. Bear said, "What are we going to name her?"

The hen house was a little bit crowded with six chickens in it, so everybody went outside to discuss it. They still couldn't think up a name yet, so they decided to put it off for awhile.

Posted by Aunt Meaner