10 April 2018

Chicks ahoy!

Close up of four black and white chicks and their mother through some chicken wire
One week old, and their first ever grass
Well, suspense over:  broody hen Cookie managed to hatch five chicks from seven eggs total.  Sadly one died soon after, but the other four are happy little fluff balls.  Cookie's been a busy mother for the last two weeks:  showing them the ropes and keeping them warm;  it's been unseasonably cold and she went broody a month earlier than last year.

We got our first confirmation of them on Easter Sunday, when refilling Cookie's water:  there was a loud cheeping from under her while she was clucking.  Eight year old and I agreed it was the best Easter present ever--even better than chocolate!

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