Woman Digs Up Colorful Eggs In Backyard — Then Her Son Finds Out What They Are

Hatchlings

The chirping was sharp and constant as Laura reached the kitchen doorway. She didn’t need to ask Ben if he heard it too—his eyes were just as wide as hers. Spread across the towel on the table were five tiny birds, already free from their shells, their downy bodies still damp from hatching. But the sixth egg was moving. Right there, in real time.