It was great hands-on homeschool fun that consumed us for days.
...and taught us many unkind lessons about life on a broken planet.
Out of the eleven eggs to hatch, only seven chicks survived. The first sad wee soul found its end by an accidental crushing by mother-hen. It was promptly inspected and dissected by Toph, our resident biologist.
The second loss was also stepped upon by mother-hen, who broke the shell badly enough that the chick could gain no strength to emerge.
The third emerged, but was trampled by mother-hen.
Finally, the last was thrown into the compost by Katara, only to start cheeping. Mother-hen lost interest after busying herself with the seven and pushed this lone, last egg to the side, no longer keeping it warm. We read that not all would hatch, so we expected li'l Omega to be non-existent and therefore a possible stink-bomb if kept in the next too long. Although we saved O from the compost pile and placed it underneath mother-hen, she again rolled O away and he perished.
It was a very bittersweet week.
Isn't that just like life?
Teaching us the heart-lessons we cannot truly learn from books.
That was so precious even if bittersweet. Thanks for the videos; much better than those birthing shows on TV!
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