So, for those of you who watched in vain for chicks to hatch, here is what happened. Mama #1 (of 2014 fame), who sat on a dozen-or-so eggs for weeks in August, produced no chicks. But, mama #2 hatched four, now six weeks old, all happily rooting around in Chris's vegetable garden. They were especially happy when I was pruning raspberries - and finding a few of the fall crop to offer them. Here, three are with mama, pecking Russian kale seeds, and the fourth is off on her own foodly exploration (back end only in the photo). Chris is pleased. He rescued one of the hatchlings from its shell. He thought it might not survive and now can't tell which one it is.
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