Nap time

The kittens are sure happy living on this farm. I know the Mama kitten is thankful she landed here. It will be a year on Christmas Eve that I heard her meowing under the window. Still a kitten herself she is just as playful, but a good mother and teacher of how to hunt mice. Found another pullet with four tiny chicks yesterday morning, they were having a hard time trying to keep up with her, the biggest chick was left behind on the nest with all the eggs that didn't hatch. That poor hen has guarded those eggs for the last few weeks, taking a beating from other hens that wanted to lay in her nest, but she didn't budge, just buried her head and took the pecking. Later in the morning she still had not rounded up all the chicks so I got a plastic dog crate and hearded her in there, she was trying to take my head off but was worried about her chicks, so I was able to push her in the crate and slam the door. I'm sure all the time I spent trying to save them means they will all be roosters. Checked on them this morning and they are fluffy and plump, but the hen is still ungrateful.