When you get the chicks home they will have to be put in the warm kitchen so they won't get chilled and die. For the next month these little chicks will have to be pampered and fed and watered. At night if they are not kept warm they will all crowd together and some will smother, because 100 little chicks can be quite heavy when crowded together. It is best to keep them warm enough so they won't crowd together like that.

        The little chicks will soon sprout their pin feathers and before you can move them out into the cool chicken coop they should have their big feathers that will keep them warm. This can be a trying time, raising 100 little chicks in the kitchen, but the 10 kids will enjoy watching them grow and maybe they will help keep the box clean.

        When the days get warmer the chicks will be moved into the big chicken coop and there they will continue to grow into big chickens. Later in the fall the pullets will lay small eggs that are good to eat and later the eggs will get to a bigger size. Then nesting boxes must be made in the corners of the coop. They will be filled with new straw and kept clean.

        When the days get warmer the chickens will sit in the windows and sing. Have you ever heard a chicken sing? They have a real chorus going of their caws. Each with a different tone makes for good music. A happy chicken will start laying eggs in the fall and continue on through the winter. The 10 kids, than, are instructed to go into the coop each evening and carefully gather the eggs from the nests. Sometimes, by spring a hen will decide to start brooding and she will resent anyone who takes her eggs from her. If this happens the hen will probably peck at your hand as you reach under her to get her eggs.

        So you will take the eggs that you gather to your mother and she can then make the noodles that are so delicious.