Dr. Luther and the eggs

Before I went to the retreat, we went to a farm not too far from our house.

Dr. Luther is an amazing farmer!  He's a retired government worker

who farms over 100 acres of land by himself.

He has polio, so he gets around all those acres on a little golf-cart type car.

And he took us ALL around his farm in that golf cart!

It was sooo fun... our personal tour of a real farm!

We saw the cows grazing in the fields (and one was giving birth!!!)..

the baby lambs...the cows...the pigs...the horses...

And then we to the hen house where he loaned us 2 dozen eggs

to incubate in our borrowed incubator at home.

 I couldn't help but think of that verse when I saw all the animals..

"The cattle on a thousand hills are mine."

The whole earth, and everything in it,

belongs to the Lord.

 These hens are the "dalmations" of chickens.

Aren't they pretty?

 Although the henhouse itself was NOT so pretty.

Nor did it smell nice.  :/

 So he marked all the different breeds and gave them to us...

(Did you know there were 6,000 types of chickens in existence??)

About 2,000 live in the US.

 And here they are!

Incubating at 99-100 degrees.

I have to turn them every 2-4 hours while awake.

In 21 days, they will hatch, if all goes well!!

We'll keep them for 2-4 weeks and then 

return the chicks to Dr. Luther's farm.

Out of this 2 dozen, only 12 will likely hatch, per Dr. Luther.

My friend only got 8 to hatch.

I think I will be happy with 5.  :)

 

The girls are SOOO excited!

They can't wait to hold and play with the chicks!

And neither can I.  :)