Jeffery Hen - The Little Egg Hatches

It was almost the end of the day, Jeffery Hen was outside the hen house talking with Henriette and Vicki Hen while Henry and Roo were entertaining the triplets, Bear and Fon. Crystal Fawn, Panda and Fonda were playing together in the picking ground.

A rooster from far off got up on his hen house and started to crow. Panda heard him, but none of the others did. Panda said, "Mom, did you hear that crowing?"

Jeffery Hen said, "No, Panda I didn't."

Vicki Hen said, "Just to come down to just thinking about it, isn't it time for that young hen that laid the small egg ready to hatch?"

Henriette said, "Let's get real quiet and see if we can hear him crowing."

Jeffery Hen said, "Quiet everyone!"

While they were all standing there, so quiet that you can hear a pin drop, sure enough they heard the crowing. Panda and Fonda wanted to go and see the egg.

All the hens knew if they when it would be dark before they could get back home. But they knew the chicks would never shut up unless they did, so they decided to go.

When they got there the elder hen was already there. The nest was low enough for the chicks to peek into the nest. The hen house wasn't large enough for all of them so they decided to just let the chicks go in and watch.

Panda said, "Look how small it is!"

Vonda said, "It's out of it's shell now!"

The elder hen picked it up and checked it. She said, "It's a girl."

"Hurray!" yelled the chicks. Crystal Fawn only chirped caused that was all she knew how to do.

When Jeffery Hen, Henrietta and Vicki Hen heard this they said, "Come on children let's go home before it gets dark." The elder hen and parent couple of the little chick asked them what was their hurry.

Jeffery Hen said, "It's getting dark and we'll come back tomorrow to see it."

"O.K." said the new parents.

When they finally got home all Panda wanted to talk about was the baby chick that she watched hatch out of an egg.