7 days later...

On April 29, we got back we grow a flower garden and

together at Alexandra's place

a kitchen garden  that we

where

tend to every

Wednesday  afternoon.

We are so happy to see again

our hatchery... Surprise!

translated from French by Elena  Malec

From last Wednesday,

Alexandra added two more

small eggs from game hens.

Now we have 14 eggs on the

watch instead of 12.

We will use an egg candler to

view their fecundation.

The Diary of A Future Chick

In a dark room, Alexandra

places gently  the bottom of

each egg in the light

produced by the bulb of the

egg candler. If an egg is

properly fecundated

it will appear like a big spider.

If nothing appears the egg was

It is the chick taking shape

inside...

not fecundated and it will not

give us a chick.

Then we will see instead a clear

spot that is actually the yolk.

We are going to remove those

eggs from the hatchery.

Now we have 12 eggs in our

hatchery; they seem

fecundated  all right.

Which means we might have in

the end 12 baby chicks out of

14 eggs,

if they grow well.

The egg candler  is a lantern

which has a light bulb inside a

box;

a small hole has to be made in

the box to let the light pass

through.

The egg is placed on  the beam

to view its fecundation.

The light allows viewing inside

the egg as it becomes

transparent.

If you like the Diary of A Future Chick,

and his family and want to learn more

please follow this  little fellow.

Some of the illustrations on this page come from the original version of  LE  JOURNAL D'UN FUTUR POUSSIN.