This picture with the little chick in my hands was the last one of this post, that I wrote 10 months ago. I told you back then how I put a dozen eggs in the incubator the same day one of our hens started hatching another dozen and when they all hatched I mixed them under the hen's nest so that they all have a caring mother to bring them up. This specific chic was the only one that was rejected from the hen and after escaping death (more than once) I took it back home. A few days later another hen's eggs were hatched and I slipped it under her nest, this time with great success!
Today this chic that entered the coop in such a turbulent way is the beautiful hen in the picture below and she just hatched ten adorable chicks herself!
The funny detail is that 3 weeks ago she sat hatching in an empty nest :)
So I moved her in another nest and put 13 eggs under her. I guess first-timers face problems even in the animal kingdom!
I can't tell you how proud I am for this creature! One might say that it is just a hen but I can still remember the beating of her tiny heart when I saved her and she will always be a very special hen for me!
I will probably take a lot of pictures of the newborns but I wanted to share those few first shots and my joy today! There is also a small video clip below that I took with my phone when I first saw them!
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