We’ve had fun allowing the California White to brood and then raise four chicks we placed under her one night. She’s been an attentive Mama showing the chicks how to eat, accept new foods, and forage outside in the snow.
Each evening she tucks them into her feathers and keeps them warm.
Here are some pictures from March. Go to Winding Pathways You Tube for short videos of the Mama Hen and chicks.
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- Sometimes hens go broody at the wrong time of year. February Was much too early.
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- The California White patiently sitting.
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- Mama California tucks the babies in for the night.
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- Chicks tentatively go outside for the first time.
