Christmas chicks
A lovely present on Christmas day: the sight of two mother hens outside in the sunshine fussing over the four little chicks that hatched. Its hard to spot them, as they tend to disappear under the hen as we approach. A lot of the eggs did not hatch, and one chick died trying to get out of the shell, but we are still happy to have four healthy chicks being cared for by the hens and out free ranging. Its one thing to see them hatch in our incubator; quite another to see it done how it should be. Super cute. Last night they took themselves off into the bush and slept the night out there, but all still there in the morning - so far so good.
Christmas chicks
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