More new livestock!

The little red hen has been busy again! These chicks (11 of them) hatched out yesterday. I didn't even realise that she was sitting on a clutch of eggs, as she had hidden them so well under the hedge. We caught them and put them into a cage, so the hawks cannot steal them.

[Delwyn Forsythe]

They are so cute.

[julia]

Oh cute ... pleased to see they are all looking chirper...

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh so cute ! clever hen ,making sure her clutch of eggs would have a chance to hatch -- what a lovely surprise !

[Margo]

So lovely fav

[Denise Wood]

So sweet :) fav

[Sam]

Awwww so cute!

[Peter]

So cute capture at this age great capture Dianne:)

[Chris K]

such a lovely scene Dianne

[Valerie Chesney]

How adorable & a lovely clear capture...fav

[Nova]

Adorable subject & capture Dianne. :)

[Kerri Michaels]

too cute...fav

[Lynne]

Cute

[Gerasimos Georg.]

very interesting shot!
i like these cute chicks :)

[Issi Bannerman]

What a fabulous image.

[KWind]

Such a sweet shot. The chicks are so cute!!

[Sebastian Gritt]

Ahhhh

[Delwyn Barnett]

That is so cute!! What a clucky mother hen!

[Tony]

Cute bundles of fluff.

[*lynn]

so sweet

[Marnie]

How wonderful to discover your flock has grown overnight. They look like a healthy bunch too. How did you keep the foxes away?

[Dianne]

@golftragic lucky us - no foxes, only ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats and hawks!

[Marnie]

@dide Gosh, you must've been lucky the Brits didn't bring any to NZ, wish they'd kept 'em away from here, and, of course, the thrice-cursed rabbits. Even so sounds like you've got enough predators to take care of anyway.

[Margo Sayer]

Good stuff.
How wonderful to see new life in such abundance!