Jeffery Hen - Her Egg Cracks

It was a real hot summer day, Jeffery Hen was still sitting on her egg. While she was sitting on her nest Bear came in to give her a message that a couple in the area was going to get married this morning and they wanted her to attend the wedding. The couple was Mike Stone and Patricia Hen Loon.

Jeffery Hen checked her egg and sees no crack in it. She decided she would go to the wedding. Outside the hen house she noticed a bunch of chickens gathering around. Jeffery Hen sees that she can stand close by the hen house and watch the ceremony and keep an eye on her egg both.

When the wedding was over the happy couple moved into an empty hen house across the other side of the picking ground. "What a fine couple they make," thought Jeffery Hen.

When she returned to her nest she noticed there was a small crack in it. She picked it up and she sees a very small egg-tooth picking at it. She was so excited that she called for Roo. "Roo!" she said, "our egg is hatching!"

Roo got upon the hen house and announced the hatching of the egg. The happy couple that just got married wanted to see it the most. The hen house was full of chickens wanting to watch the egg hatch.

Patricia Hen said, "I can't wait to start having a family!"

Mike said, "It will have to take time."

The couple watched the whole entire time the egg was cracking. The egg was cracking very slowly, one of the other hens said that it was the slowest egg to get open she had ever seen.

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The chick finally broke out of the eggshell. The happy couple couldn't believe their eyes. The chick just shook off the remaining parts of the eggshell, laid down in the nest and fell asleep.

Jeffery Hen was so excited that she is now a mother and she can go around bragging about her baby. She didn't know if the baby was a boy or a girl. All the hens wanted to know what sex it was.

Roo said, "We will let you all know shortly; but right now let the baby sleep."

The newly married couple couldn't take their eyes off it. They knew they had to leave sometime so they decided to go home. Jeffery Hen invited them to come back over tomorrow, she said, "We should know then what it is."

When all of the chickens left the hen house, Jeffery Hen and Roo still hadn't decided on what to name the baby. Roo said, "We'll name it right after we find out whether it's a boy or a girl." Jeffery Hen agreed with him.

Posted by Aunt Meaner