My chickens are being born right now

[JoceAndChris]

I just had to tell the world that, sorry.

The sight of the miniscule beak hammering away at the thin membrane of the shell is very beautiful and moving; how wonderful life is.

 

[Feltwell]

Pictures please!

 

[JoceAndChris]

Later, it's too early. It will take 24-48 hours. But thanks for inetrest.

 

[Moo]

No, No! It's not too early.
We want to see the whole process, right from those first cracks in the shell.

Get your camera to the scene right now, gal.

 

[Flyfisher]

Surely Chris could have rigged up a live webcam. :wink:

 

[Bayliss]

Ah yes, the counting of chickins as they hatch, wonderful. Hope that most will be hens?

 

[philpjuk100]

OH,CLUCK!

 

[Penners]

At the risk of being pedantic (unlike me, as I'm sure you'll agree), are chickens born?

If so, does this happen when the egg is laid or when they emerge from the shell?

Congratulations on the additions to the family, Joce. I trust you have their names down for a good school?

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Ooh how eggciting!

 

[worms]

Ooh how eggciting!

No, no they are eggxiting!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Either way it is eggstraordinarily eggscellent news!

 

[Feltwell]

Jokes that bad can only be described as fowl.

 

[Penners]

I'm prepared to pay you to stop these awful puns.

But it'll only be a poultry amount.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Penners - you'll need to up the price. That's just chicken-feed to someone like me!

 

[Feltwell]

With jokes this bad, I think we all need to get out more. We've clearly been coop-ed up for too long.

Joce, aren't you going to invite us all round to see the new arrivals? People will flock to your house.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Joce, aren't you going to invite us all round to see the new arrivals? People will flock to your house.

Not this weekend - she has a houseful of similarly-minded acquintances already; friends of a feather I believe.

 

[Feltwell]

I hope she's not charging an entrance fee to see the new chicks. That would just be feathering her nest.

 

[LadyArowana]

Not this weekend - she has a houseful of similarly-minded acquintances already; friends of a feather I believe.

A plucky girl indeed as it still hasn't rained enough to refill the water cistern, I am sure she will be able to wing it somehow and the time will fly by.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Crikey, the jokes are truly eggscruciating now!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

are chickens born?

If so, does this happen when the egg is laid or when they emerge from the shell?

And so the thread diverts onto eggsistential philosophy. :roll: