Thursday, July 10 - Finding Nemo
Our hens have been very broody. We have hens sitting everywhere. And the fox....he's everywhere too. We had a bantam hen setting on a large batch of eggs. Two nights ago, the fox got her and her eggs except one. My two youngest went out to do chores and heard a peeping behind the wood pile. They tore it apart and found one chick that must have hatched that same night. We put the chick with a hen that had hatched out a dozen chicks the day before. We left her and her babies in the barn last night. Big mistake. Went out there this morning and 12 of her chicks are gone. Only one left? Yep, the bantam's baby. We named him Nemo. That old fox is pretty crafty. Been avoiding our trap. We are switching to plan B. Let you know if it works or not.
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