Hens are very kind birds. They have amazing maternal instincts, and usually welcome, and care for orphan babies even if it’s from another species of birds:

I love to explore the old ways of doing things. I also love baking, and eating good quality baked goods. This is a decent documentary that allows us to get a little glimpse into the lives of bakers from the Victorian age. These little experiments of trying to recreate the everyday reality of people from the past only gives us small fragments of how it really was. It’s impossible to recreate the full authentic picture of exactly what life was like for our ancestors, but I’m happy to at least get an idea of what it was.

https://youtu.be/IIxrL-JKbzE

Pluto and Proserpina, marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621–22; in the Borghese Gallery, Rome.

This happened to me, but my sunflower seed shells landed on one of my dogs that was riding in the car with me at the time.

Your brain on seeds

This picture made me reminded of the ways our disconnect from nature is making us harm everything; ourselves, the earth, wild animals, and our pets. No, I’m not endorsing the idea that pets should replace children. But manipulative infiltrators used that idea to promote Middle Eastern anti-pet attitudes among floundering Europeans (mainly Americans of Euro descent) in “the scene.” I’m vocal of my strong opposition to caging dogs. And no, I don’t consider my dog my “child.” However, people forget that these are the children of another species. Young creature have needs. Locking a young being up alone is unbelievably detrimental and cruel. Why this picture stood out is because my puppy flops across me like this one in the center. He reaches up and snuggles like the one kissing his dog dad. He lays behind me with his head on my shoulder just like the one on the left. It occurred to me the parental role we DO take with companion animals from infancy. My dog has never been in a cage. He’s much better off for it.