Love the spider web pics and the story about the boat. A day of enjoyment turned into a day of stress for the boat owners, huh?

Thanks, I rather liked that closeup of the little chick and mama hen too.

I have never had any luck trying to get a mama hen to take chicks that weren’t hers. You can slip other eggs under them, like peafowl eggs, and when they hatch the hen will mother the babies then. But every time I try to put extra chicks with theirs the hens peck at the newcomers, even when the chicks are the same age. It sure would simplify things if I could do that sometimes, but so far, no such luck.