Monday, March 23, 2009

FERTILITY in QUESTION!?

NO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ME!!

This picture was actually taken in the dark, in our guest bathroom while supper was cooking. We decided to CANDLE aka check the fertility (or try to) of our 22 eggs. You do this by going in the dark and putting your egg up to a flashlight.
About 3 or 4 looked like fertile eggs-we could tell for sure (you will see veins & a dark spot). It was so hard to tell PLUS.....WE ARE CLUELESS about it really. We even looked at tons of pictures on-line and they were pretty inconclusive to a first time CHICKEN GROWER! It was VERY COOL how you could see inside the egg though!

We will candle FOR OUR PEEPS again on Friday to see if they made any progress! The below picture is of a "GOOD EGG." Not one of ours but shows what we are looking for. Just to see the miracle of life inside this little egg just makes God even more amazing to me!

18 comments:

Jen said...

Cool! Here's hoping that you are fertile. ;)

cloudmaster said...

That is way cool. I may have to do that for (S)

Unknown said...

Ok how totally cool is that!!!?

Now that is bringing God down to a child's level and showing them just how real and BIG He is!

I love it!

Hugs,
Jill

Adeye said...

Oh yes---He is sooooo amazing :)

Hugs!

Beautiful Chaos said...

How exciting!

Chris and Sarah said...

You are so making me want to have a farm. I ask my husband if we can raise chicks when we have a farm.

Cheryl said...

That is awesome! I love how enthralled all the kids are with looking at the egg.....too cute! :o) Can't wait to see if/when they hatch!

Caution/Lisa said...

I'm always so glad when someone else can't see things either. I spent an entire biology course never seeing one thing in that crazy microscope! Hope the next fertility check is positive.

Mary Ellen said...

I always learn interesting things over here! Good luck with the chicks!

quilt'n-mama said...

We are loving your egg/check project! Thanks for keeping us posted. I told the kids so we will be watching you blog to see! Our kids would LOVE to do this! We are trying butterflies and praying mantis this year... maybe chicks next:)

Unknown said...

Ok, is there a little ring, ring, ring going on that you would like to share???

You know I'm praying for you and all that God is placing on your heart!

Lots of love,
Jill

Joy Portis said...

Amazing! I'm glad I have a country girl to show me all this cool stuff! Keep the updates coming, my kids are loving this!

No Greater Gift Mom said...

No Jen, I have been reading! We have been thinking about chickens for a while now and you have inspired me. Hubby says "thanks!".
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Rachie317 said...

How fun it is over at your house! And, thanks for stopping by my blog recently! I love making little connections like this. Can't wait to hear more about the eggs/chicks!PS - I just noticed that you're an ARMY WIFE. I am an ARMY SISTER!

creative gal said...

That is cool!! Totally amazing!!

Kacey said...

Too cool! I am so glad you're out of Funky Town too! It's no fun there anyways. :D {HUGS}

Beki - TheRustedChain said...

You are so stinking cool!! Seriously, you're an amazing mom.

Please contact me when you're down this way!!

You're not bringing the crew, are you? If so, I'd love to try and catch some pictures of them.

wife.mom.nurse said...

Whew, that title gave me a pause ")