In honor of Mother’s Day, I feel compelled to share a bit of Little Carl’s brood and what they’ve been up to this week.
It’s fascinating to watch Little Carl take care of her chicks. She’s the same ferocious, insane, LOUD bird that she always was, except now all of those qualities have been intensified with motherhood. She is straight up crazy pants. I even caught her snapping at our older chicks because they got too close to her precious babies. What kind of a monster bites baby chicks?! But I suppose that’s just what it takes to be a chicken Momma.
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Last week she taught the little darlings how to take a dust bath. I have no idea why someone would need to be taught how to shake and shimmy in a pile of dirt, but ya know, that’s chickens. Every time I see her chicks imitating something that she’s doing my heart just melts. It’s like tiny Little Carl’s, four versions of mini me.
I managed to get the whole thing on video and tried real hard not to giggle all the way through it.
After shimmying around in the dirt, babies decided they were cold and tired, so their Momma obligingly squatted down so they could scurry between her scaly legs.
Little Carl practically doubled in size with the mass of four chicks beneath her.
They only allowed me to snap a few photos before they became seriously offended by the constant motion and clicking and moved their fluffy butts to a new location. The little chicks are getting so very big!
Until next time, happy trails!
-Meredith
Oh my gosh, I can’t take it! That video was too cute. The little chicks dust bathing is probably the most precious thing I’ve ever seen. And the photos are just fantastic. I adore this post!!!
I can’t wait until my broody’s eggs hatch so I can see her in action with her babies. I’ve never seen it in person before, so I can’t wait 🙂
I can’t wait for your eggs to hatch either, it’s too much fun! When are the babies due to hatch?
I’ve calculated May 20th as the hatch date!
Your photos are absolutely AMAZING…I love your stories…keep on writing and taking pictures…
Love ya,
Mom Sal
Amazing photos!
Thanks Jenn!
A lovely different slant on Mothers’ Day! Thanks for joining in with us over at the Creative HomeAcre blog hop. Look forward to seeing you again this weekend at http://mumtopia.blogspot.com/2013/05/bloghop19thmay.html
Nothing sweeter than a mother with her babies. ♥ Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
Oh my – those are the sweetest photos! Thank you for sharing and I REALLY need to raise chicks with a mama hen.