Some of our White Plymouth Rock pullets went broody so we set eggs under two of them. Almost all of them hatched!
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Can you see 3 little yellow fuzz balls peeking out from under this mama?
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Day 2 and they are out of the nest and wandering about. Mama is clucking at the chicks and puffing up to make herself look formidable in case we get any ideas about bothering the babies. At night we put them in a large tote with a weighted screen top to protect them from black snakes. Snakes really like to eat baby chicks and we really like to prevent them from doing so. There are 13 babies in all.
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