hen-chick

Updated: May 23, 2025

Or, did the eggs get mixed up in some way before going into the possession of the hens? Look into probabilities." These probabilities must have puzzled Euphemia a great deal, but they never disturbed her equanimity. She was always as tranquil and good-humored about her poultry-yard as if every hen laid an egg every day, and a hen-chick was hatched out of every egg.

Frank Richard Stockton - Rudder Grange