unseasonal chicks

Who has chicks in winter?  Ursa Minor does.

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Ursa's got four little chicks (living).  Two were already dead.  The future is not bright for chicks hatched at the beginning of winter.  But I'll do my best to help her.

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One piece of cardboard and she's got a student apartment now.  That'll be enough space for a few days, as they'll spend most of their time under her.

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I moved her back from the kitchen so the chicks would tumble out so I could get some pictures.

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Turns out the chicks were super into some more food.

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The other four crazy broody hens (down from six crazies - turns out it IS contagious) are busy playing egg burgle bingo, trying to steal eggs from each other.  We'll see if any of them also successfully hatch.

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