Friday, December 30, 2011

Story of the Little Red Hen

I recently joined a group of a few other photographers who decided to commit to a 12 month project! We're calling our series "Life Story: The Story of ________" and we'll each be filling in our own blanks. At the end of this post is a link to another photographer who participated and she'll be linking to someone else. It's a whole big circle of stories in pictures. Click through and enjoy!


We live on a small farm. One of my favorite things is our chickens. I love having fresh eggs to eat AND I love that they love to eat bugs and mosquitoes!


A couple of weeks ago, we noticed Missy, one of our little red hens, was missing. Missing livestock is a sad fact of farm life. We have lots of coyotes, chicken hawks and raccoon around that like chickens too. 


A few days ago, my son ran in, all excited that he'd found Missy out by the barn. I went to check because we have more than one red hen and honestly, they all start to look alike after awhile. But, he was right. It was her. And we heard peeping! Upon closer investigation, we discovered she had 9 baby chicks!





Missy's such a good mama! She teaches the babies to scratch for bugs and to pick out the very best ones!




She also makes sure they share their starter feed.


If someone gets too close to her little ones, she ruffles her feathers....

and chases them away.

And as the evening comes to a close, she calls them all to her and tucks them in for the night. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Please have a click and see what story Audrey of Kentiga Photography has to tell this month!








19 comments:

  1. cute little chicks!! how fun! i love the one where they are all eating out of the old tin!!

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  2. Love the little chicks... so glad you were able to find her!

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  3. My hubby laughs at me when I say want chickens ...posts like these only fuel the fire for me...I will have my chickens soon :)

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  4. Oh, they're adorable!! Very happy you found her (and those new babies!)

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  5. So adorable! What a fun thing to have with kids.

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  6. Too adorable! We had chicks born on Christmas EVE. Out of an incubator and currently residing in a box IN the house. Yep, life on a farm. lol

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  7. This is just too stinking SWEET. Now I want a chicken. :)

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  8. oh these are so adorable! love anything baby!

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  9. How stinking sweet are these!! My MIL has chickens and loves her chickens!

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  10. Baby chicks are the sweetest things! Now I want a chicken too. Such an awesome story :)

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  11. How very cool! Great story, great pics. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Tool cool! I grew up around chickens and miss it

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  13. Those chicks are adorable! I'm glad you found your little red hen!

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  14. that is SO COOL. I love that last one. What a neat story.

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  15. These chicks are adorable, I absolutely love the last one of them under her wings! Cute, cute, cute!

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  16. They are adorable. Loved your story

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