Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1916 — Hen Hatches Woodpecker. [ARTICLE]

Hen Hatches Woodpecker.

Federalsburg, Ind.—lt is unusual sot a hen to hatch out a woodpecker, but an Instance Is reported by Ira Cordrey, a farmer living near here. The hen had been missing for some time. When fojmd she was mothering eleven baby chicks and one tiny woodpecker, which appeared perfectly happy to let ths hen scratch worms for IL and the -hen is paying just as much attention tc the little woodpecker as It is to het brood of chicks. The woodpecker’s appearance Is explained on the supposition that a woodpecker laid the egg in the hen’s nest while the hen was ofl looking for food.