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• by yshish moderator, translator

  What a nice creche! 😃

  Posted May 15, 2016 2:31 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Quite a healthy-looking group. 😃

  Posted May 15, 2016 5:21 PM

• by seak17

  What ratio adults:chicks will a crèche usually have?
  My 1st thought was that the adult is outnumbered. lol

  Posted May 24, 2016 11:13 PM

• by jennfurr

  From what I've seen, there are about one-two chicks per female, with the partner hanging about/taking turns. But when the chicks get old...

  Posted May 25, 2016 3:42 AM

• by jennfurr

  ...enough to stay warm the adults go off to feed and leave all the wee ones in a group

  Posted May 25, 2016 3:43 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  It looks like many creches I've seen on PW. One or two adults for a substantial number of chicks. If a predator strikes the adult will

  Posted May 25, 2016 10:37 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  defend its own chick to the end, but that afford some protection to all of the chicks gathered together 😃

  Posted May 25, 2016 10:38 AM