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An old egg must have sneaked its way into the batch of hatching eggs I put under Belle and Honey my two broody bantam hens, because today I had a very unexpected surprise, in the form of a beautiful healthy chick! It's my first one, so now I'm feeling very broody myself!
I've calmed down a bit now, but it was panic stations this morning when I discovered the chick in the nest box, I had to go and sort out a separate box and food for the chick, I just hope everything goes okay with it! The other hatching eggs are only on day 9 of sitting though, so this is a bit of a problem really, as mother hen will very probably go off with the chick now, rather than wait for the other eggs to hatch.
Cool surprise though! Well done Belle and Honey!
I've calmed down a bit now, but it was panic stations this morning when I discovered the chick in the nest box, I had to go and sort out a separate box and food for the chick, I just hope everything goes okay with it! The other hatching eggs are only on day 9 of sitting though, so this is a bit of a problem really, as mother hen will very probably go off with the chick now, rather than wait for the other eggs to hatch.
Cool surprise though! Well done Belle and Honey!
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