Bush eggs: none. Nest box eggs: none. Feed hopper: full.
She’s a scatty, duck-brained bimbo sometimes, that Steve. I really thought she had a handle on things – you know, mating and motherhood and all, being a mother herself. But I overheard her telling Camilla that Jack’s only role in fathering the chicks was to keep the cats away when the chicks are real small.
I’ll have to put Camilla straight – otherwise it will come as a nasty surprise to her when Jack insists on doing his rooster duties after she starts laying.
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