One of our hens produced about 12 chicks at the start of this year. We didn't manage to catch them and so they were left to fend for themselves under the watchful eye of the mother hen. Sadly this was the last we saw of them all together.
The hawk had a feast and a neighbourhood cat was seen on the prowl as well. Two drowned in the water before I had chance to put rocks back in the trough and one got trapped in the chookateria. Disaster!
Just one chick remains and looks fighting fit and (thankfully) female. The frustrating thing is that we probably won't get any eggs from either of them now that they seem to have gone totally feral.
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