We here at Soulful Equine have had a blessed event we would like to announce to all our loyal followers.  Within the past few weeks, we became the proud godparents of four bouncing baby killdeer.

Now, I understand that this is a website devoted mostly to animals of the equine persuasion, but since I don’t have the “horse nut gene” referred to in my Evidence That There Really IS A “Horse Nut Gene” article, I felt it was my duty as the geneless one to expand our horizons and look at some other incredible creatures.

Here is the story of the first batch of Soulful Equine’s 2010 baby killdeer (I just noticed another nest in the middle of the driveway with 2 eggs in it).
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