Underneath the chicken foot bath (a shallow dish of water in the run because my hens like to cool their heels), some night crawlers have been hanging out for a few weeks. I picked up the bath to rinse and refill and found that they have decided to start an earthworm family there. Hm. I had to go look up the earthworm life cycle because I honestly didn’t know how new worms were made. Earthworms are hermaphrodites, but not asexual. Two organisms need to exchange genetic material before they can lay cocoons in which the new generation of worms develop. Here is an interesting article if you are so inclined. Learn something new everyday.