Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1889 — An Ostrich Mother. [ARTICLE]

An Ostrich Mother.

At Dr. Skitchley’s ostrich ranch, near Red Bluff, Cal., is a pen in which a hen ostrich is sitting on 13 eggs. She covers the eggs nicely, and as she sits there with, her long neck and head laid at full length on the ground, looks like a moss-covered rock. Her husband keeps guard over her in very picturesque fashion, walking up and down the fence with stately tread, his rich, glossy plumage glistening in the sunlight, and his eyes flashing defiance. He looks ready to tackle any thing, man or beast, that should disturb the privacy of his home.