Strange Mixture.
HEX SITS OX KITTENS. , ALL LIVE PEACEFULLY. There have been cases of dogs making friends with rabbits, Alsatians that play with lambs, hawks ..that live peaceably in aviaries with canaries, and other remarkablo oddities of the animal kingdom that are reported generally from tho United States of America; but in Auckland is a bantam hen that sits on kittens while the mother cat lies happily beside the family group. They all belong to a well-known resident of Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland. It appears that Dolly, the Cochin China bantam hen, made a nest in an old dress basket. Before she could lay any eggs, Tubby, a fine black female cat, decided to have her kittens in the comfortable basket. Dolly, very bewildered, imagined that the tiny kittens were some queer species of chickens and promptly adopted them. For a fortnight now she has kept them warm under her wings, much to the delight of the kittens. Tubby lies luxuriously in the nest, grateful for the assistance Dolly gives her in bringing up her family. Another member of the family who is occasionally tolerated in the nest is Teddy, a fussy little bantam rooster.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19255, 9 November 1934, Page 4
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196Strange Mixture. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19255, 9 November 1934, Page 4
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