She REALLY wanted a baby. Switched at birth ..

She REALLY wanted a baby.
Oops, Mom is not the real mom, The other mom is.
Switched at birth ...
. Two hens (white, brown) on nests hatching eggs ...
Egg rolls out onto floor ...
I placed the egg back in the nest that it fell out of (brown)..
Wrong ... As the chick grew older it became clear it belonged to Shmoo, the white hen. The father (Barney) is mostly brown so the baby is mostly brown but has feathers like Shmoo's (fuzzy), not like the other hen.
So Sorry Shmoo.

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Very unusual 2-headed Chicken.

150921 Very unusual 2-headed Chicken.
Actually, Sebrights are excellent mothers. This chick is 1 month old and very soon should be on it's own.
This breed is small, 1-1/3 pound, about the same as a good sized Pigeon.
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Goose hit by car, 2nd baby Sebright Chick

Yesterday in the center of the driving lane we found a mature goose on it's back struggling to get up... hit by a car.  We stopped traffic as I scooped it up. I could find no physical signs of injury, no bleeding etc except there were many feathers on the road. It seemed to be mostly dazed. I held it on my lap as we headed for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center ... but... within minutes it died in my arms. It's not easy to have an animal looking into your eyes as it dies.  Very sad.

. . But the good news is  a 2nd Sebright baby chick, 24 hrs old. After it had a very bad start, looks like it will survive and thrive.
. . I discovered the baby yesterday morning, it was laying dying in the coop, not in the nest. At first I thought it was dead. I tucked it under Mom's wing. This morning it looked fairly healthy and seemed to be eating and drinking?
I think it will be ok?
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150805 The Best Mom in the Chicken world?

150805 The Best Mom in the Chicken world?
Mom is so obsessed with her 1 mo old baby, best Mom ever.  Never more than inches apart. Little baby Wee is doing terrific, can even fly 6 foot high to a perch, mingles well with the other Chickens and Pigeons.
When I take the little chick in the house for bonding, Mom shrieks, yells, and hollers until I return the little chick.

 Today was the FIRST day outside for baby Wee. Couldn't find the baby when I tucked the Chickens into bed. Was right in front of me ~:<)
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