Thursday, July 7, 2011

Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas

  (photo)This black hen is raising five baby ostriches as her own at Crowes Nest Farm in Manor (Kate Weidaw, KXAN)

Chances are you've heard stories before about animals raising animals of a different breed.
Like cats nursing puppies.
At Crowes Nest Farm, a nonprofit organization a few miles east of Austin, there's a similar situations playing out with some baby ostriches .
"We have all your basic farm animals with a few additions," said David Williams, director of Crowes Nest Farm.
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Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas

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