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... chicks . Bob's hen , which had sat on eleven eggs , hatched first , and brought out five chicks . This was very bad . Duke's came next with Winny's was the next , eight ; she had sat on nine eggs . and her little bantam hatched six eggs ...
... chicks . Bob's hen , which had sat on eleven eggs , hatched first , and brought out five chicks . This was very bad . Duke's came next with Winny's was the next , eight ; she had sat on nine eggs . and her little bantam hatched six eggs ...
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... chicks we ever saw , Winny kissed her bantam . She is a splendid little mother ! It was very good of her to hatch five again , for , as she is so small herself , we can never let her sit on more than seven eggs . We had now a very large ...
... chicks we ever saw , Winny kissed her bantam . She is a splendid little mother ! It was very good of her to hatch five again , for , as she is so small herself , we can never let her sit on more than seven eggs . We had now a very large ...
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... we were in time to see their first swim . " Oh , look , Bunchy ! " Duke called out , as he pointed to the brood waddling after the old duck to the water- E side ; " there's a little chick got amongst them Chickling . " 49.
... we were in time to see their first swim . " Oh , look , Bunchy ! " Duke called out , as he pointed to the brood waddling after the old duck to the water- E side ; " there's a little chick got amongst them Chickling . " 49.
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... chick was nearest to the mother , because it could run quicker than the ducklings could waddle ; but when it arrived ... chick would be drowned , and wanted to pick it up ; but Marmaduke said she was to let it alone , and see what it ...
... chick was nearest to the mother , because it could run quicker than the ducklings could waddle ; but when it arrived ... chick would be drowned , and wanted to pick it up ; but Marmaduke said she was to let it alone , and see what it ...
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... chick was brought back to land quite safely . We settled to take the little chick away from its duck - mother , and give it to a hen to bring up ; and this was how we carried out our plan : When the young fowls and ducks were all put up ...
... chick was brought back to land quite safely . We settled to take the little chick away from its duck - mother , and give it to a hen to bring up ; and this was how we carried out our plan : When the young fowls and ducks were all put up ...
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