Mothering

SUSAN:
Well, it's just TERRIFIC to be "grandma" to our new little chick! The mother hen is demonstrating great "mothering" behavior -- she clucks to the little chick to get back underneath her wing, she pecks at the little chick a bit, AND she allows the little chick to peck her eyeballs. Oh, a Mother's Love ...

Bad news is that the mother hen abandoned her third egg. When I arrived home after work on Friday, the egg was cold and she had decided to nest in another corner of the brooder. I guess that's how it works [Note: this was not detailed in the Chicken Bible, how you would know whether the eggs was every going to hatch. Good lesson.]
Now we're ready for the next Hatch-Day for our 10 eggs!