7 week old silkie mothering day old chicks

My oldest Silkie is a huge, 9 month old cockerel. Because none of the other peeps from his shipment survived, Herman was raised in the house as a lone chick. As a result, he's a little ... okay, he's a LOT ... spoiled! At about a week old, Herman adopted a giant puffball - one of my daughter's back-pack ornaments. He's carried it around ever since. He mothers that ragged little puff as if it were a chick. He even sleeps with it and hunts all over when it's in the wash. Because of Herman, your little one's natural mothering instincts don't surprise me at all. Male or female - it's just in their nature!
I LOVE this story! Thanks for sharing!
 

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