4:30
Johnny chuckled as the technicians jumped at the sound . He left the hen house , went back to the house and to bed . He set his alarm clock for 4:00 a.m. and dropped immediately into a deep and exhausted sleep . When he and the sleepy-eyed Peterson went into the chicken house at 4:30 , there were eleven of the golden eggs resting on the straw nests . They turned the remainder of the normal eggs over to Hetty who whipped up a fast and enormous breakfast . While Peterson and Johnny were eating , a writing team of AEC public information men who had arrived during the night , were polishing a formal press release to be given to the waiting reporters at eight . The phones had been manned throughout the night .