Every child has read or heard a story like the following:
"Momma! Momma! Henny's gone! I can't find her anywhere." Penny came running into the house with a shocked look on her face, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm sure your speckled hen will come back," her mother said, trying to soothe her young daughter. To no avail Penny started crying even harder. "Penny stop crying. We will go and look for her," her mother persuaded, trying a different angle. After hours of searching it started to get dark and it was time for bed. The next day Henny was waiting for them at the coop. Everyday Henny would disappear and they could not figure out where Henny was going. After a while it was a normal occurrence for Henny to leave and then to return in the morning. Finally one day when Penny went to check on Henny, she had followers. Chicks-a bunch of them... THAT's were she was disappearing off to. Penny ran into the house and explained what happened to Henny. All was well because now Penny had 8 'Henny's'.
This happened to me.
My sister and her friend went to give our chickens some corn. As they were throwing corn, the friend asked to go see the eggs in the house. They started walking into the chicken coop when friend stopped and asked if she could see the chicks. Chicks?! We don't have any chicks! However, when the girls peeked into the pasture, they see peepers everywhere. The girls started raising the alarm that there were chicks. As we went outside one by one, the surprised looks around our farm started adding up. Yes, chicks! Seven fluffy seeming to be day-old chicks!!
I have always wanted to see a mother hen with chicks and I guess now's my chance.
