look what i found!

[ntiveheart]

a few months back, i lost my pilgrim gander to a bobcat attack. shortly after that, the girls started to lay and went broody. i couldn't stand to see all their hard work go for nothing, so a friend gave me a few chinese x eggs and i bought a few pilgrim eggs and slipped 'em under the girls under cover of darkness one night.

this morning, as i was making my rounds, i came across this in one nest:

upon further investigation, i found these little guys:

just look at that face! *sighs* i'm in love all over again!

 

[hendrix25]

that's so exciting!! what a wonderful way to start the day. CONGRATS!!

 

[Wynette]

Goodness! Can you saw AWE!!! What a sweetie pie! Thanks for sharing!

 

[maplesky7]

awww....there I said it Wynette.

 

[keeperofthehearth]

I'll say it also . .Awwwwww How Cute! Congrats!

 

[ShadyGlade]

Congratulations! Love those babies.

 

[chickenlover50010]

they are SOOOO cuteeee!!

 

[supermommy]

they are super cute!

 

[hippie]

i thought that nylon strapping was a snake skin at first. i was expecting the next picture to be gruesome.

 

[ntiveheart]

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you wouldn't believe the things i found when i dissected her nest! pieces of pvc pipe, half a tennis ball, that nylon strapping.........bizarre! lol where she found it all and how she got it to her nest is a true mystery!