| The Diary of a Future Chick |
| by the children at Alexandra's Garden |
 |
 |
| translated from French by Elena Malec |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| On April 22, 1998 we went to Mr. |
| Roger's farm, next to Laurencia's |
| house, in order to look for |
| six eggs laid by his hens. |
| There were also two splendid roosters |
| there. |
| We placed the eggs in the hatchery |
| next to the eggs brought by Thomas |
| from another farm. |
| They will remain there for 21 days |
| before hatching. Durind these three |
| weeks we will be |
| watching the evolution of our chicks |
| in several ways. |
| We check marked each egg as we will |
| have to turn them over twice a day. |
| At the bottom of the hatchery we |
| placed a small basin with some water |
| in order to provide |
| the eggs with moisture. When the hen |
| hatches she is feverish and sweating. |
| The water that we put in the basin |
| will replace this humidity produced |
| by the hen. Every day |
| she turns over her eggs with her |
| beak. This is for providing her eggs |
| have to turn them over for her. |
| warmth they need. That's why we |
| and his family follow this little fellow |
| If you like the story of the future chick |
| Some of the illustrations on this page come from the original version of LE JOURNAL D'UN FUTUR POUSSIN. |
 |