Chicks Hiding

These six chicks are hiding beneath their mother. The red hen and her chicks usually live outside, in the yard. But their owner, Betty Mutere, was worried about them getting cold, so she rounded the chicks up and brought them indoors, which they are not used to.

I was there the day Betty, Karen (from Canada) and Betty's five children chased the chicks, trying to catch them. I was trying to catch a chick or two, also, but they're sooooo fast!! It took us 30 minutes of crawling through bushes on our knees to gather the chicks into a rubber bucket. They're fine now and have been returned to the yard, where they run and play, staying close to their mother.