Baby chicks
It's that time of year when you start seeing eggs baby chicks. We're no exception here. I asked L. to take the eggs baby chicks out so they could get some exercise, so she took some pictures of them while they were enjoying the sunny weather.
Want to see?
Just enjoying the view.
Admiring the tulips that are beginning to come up.
The chicks' first snow.
Sitting under a tree.
Now a little biology lesson. All these chicks eggs chicks are fertilized. How do I know? We have two roosters. They take their job very, very seriously. I assure you, they are fertilized. And, yes, all the eggs we eat are also fertilized, while the eggs you buy in the store are not. (Yes, I realize sometimes you can find fertilized eggs in the grocery store, but they are labeled as such.)
This sometimes confuses people, so I often find myself giving chicken biology lessons. Hens lay eggs regardless of their fertilization status. A hen will lay whether there is a rooster around or not. For fertilized eggs, no, there are no baby chicks in those eggs. A fertile egg and a baby chick are different things. A fertilized egg must be incubated before a baby chick will start to develop. We don't have broody hens who want to sit on eggs, so no one here worries about finding a chick inside an egg. Fertilized eggs are the potential of a chick, not a baby chick. You would think this would be pretty straightforward.
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L., in payment for taking the eggs baby chicks on an adventure, asked if in return I would publish something she wrote. Here it is, I have done no editing other than a couple of bits of punctuation, the words are all hers.
<<Currently about 1.5 million people are estimated to be crammed into a Palestinian city called rafah, which is located in the southern Gaza strip bordering Egypt. they have limited access to food.
Palestinians desperate to leave Gaza are paying bribes of up to $10,000 to get them and their families out. Most Palestinians are unable to pay that much and are forced to stay in Rafah while Israel gets closer and closer to bombing the living daylights out of them.
29,092 is the current Palestinian death toll; an estimated two thirds of those dead are women and children.
This is not a war nor is this a conflict this is a genocide (and if you disagree with this statement then I urge you to Google the requirements for something to be considered a genocide.)
If you care at all for these suffering people, If you care at all for your fellow humans then please donate and spread the word or contact your representative about a ceasefire.
To donate: Emergency appeal
To email a representative: Action network
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To end on a slightly lighter note, here are some out takes from. L.'s adventures with the eggs baby chicks today.
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