Chickyback ride!
There are now an astonishing TEN unseasonal chicks. Ursa has four, and the other hen has six. Only the two of them stuck out broodiness to the end; all the others gave up (thankfully!)
I'm coming up there!
Ursa has graduated to spending days in a chickery, so the other mama is in the bigger corner coop suite, for a few days, as her chicks are more freshly hatched. A couple are brand new out of the egg.
I think this is Chocolate, but I'll have to check photos to be sure:)
Only the white ones show up in the low light coop. There are four others under her- brown, black and grey.
Chicks are adorable; it's hard not to get attached, as they have a hard time not falling over backwards taking a drink, and pile up in the food dish and then wonder what to do.
It's possible, but to be realistic - it's unlikely for them all to survive, born in the winter like this.
You never know.