r/AnimalsBeingMoms • u/EmptySpaceForAHeart • 20h ago

Chicken raises a Peafowl.

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u/starryyskies 19h ago

Mama accepts her giant adopted daughter

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u/spriteking2012 17h ago

Wish my stepmom felt the same.

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u/starryyskies 16h ago

I accept you, my giant adopted daughter

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u/hippy_potto 9h ago

You guys even look exactly alike!

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u/muttonbiryani_yum 17h ago

I lost my mom a few months back and it is extremely devastating. tbh this video wonderful and reminds me of how no matter what age you are (I'm 22) you will always need your mom. And tbh this is what it felt like being with her before she passed away. Me her giant baby. I need her. I miss her so much. Welp here come the tears.

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u/shelocket 17h ago

I’m mentally hugging you.

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u/RedManMatt11 16h ago

Same 🫂

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u/SnooAvocados6863 16h ago

Sending lots of hugs. ❤️I lost my mom last year. I spent part of her last night in her hospital bed snuggling with her. I was 37. You’re never too old for mom snuggles.

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u/Aalleto 13h ago

I will never forget the image of my 60 year old mother crawling into bed with my 86 year old grandma. And just curling into a little ball next to her.

It was beautiful, yes, but also, I wish I had never seen it, I feel haunted knowing someday I'll do the same for her

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u/FunSushi-638 5h ago

Oh boy... I'm bawling. I can picture this so clearly in my mind. I lost my mother in 2021. I WISH I could have curled up with her, but she was in hospice care and didn't want a bed. All she had was a recliner chair. It was awful. I had just ordered her a new one... 2 days before she passed.

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u/LukesRightHandMan 14h ago

My sincere condolences. Yours is exactly the same story and timeline as my girlfriend, except she’s a couple years younger. I never realized the impact losing a parent would have on someone our age, especially when I’ve been through and seen a lot of loss. She’s devastated, more than a year on.

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u/coslet 15h ago edited 15h ago

It’s been 5+ years and I still have those days. I’ll play her favorite music and just remember her metaphorical wing over me. In all honesty I still need it, but I know she’d be happy to see my growth. My heart is with you ❤️

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u/MythicalBlue 14h ago

Sorry for your loss, just want to make you aware of r/MomForAMinute

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u/WholesomeThingsOnly 15h ago

I'm 22 too and I also don't have my mama. It sucks bad. Hang in there friend.

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u/spondgbob 12h ago

Lost my mom 4 years ago, I was 25. It sucks, but just know you can live on and make them proud. I like to think my mom is watching me go on in life and I feel a little cheer from somewhere when I do something good. I got my masters and I just knew she knew it and was beaming with pride.

Dammit now I gave myself the tears

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u/PatheticFrog 14h ago

I'm so sorry, sweetheart. Sending you internet stranger mom hugs. ❤

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u/Calamity-Gin 11h ago

I lost my mom a month after I turned 50. I still miss her every single day. You’re absolutely right: we always need our moms.

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u/Catlore 10h ago

I live with and care for my parents. They're in their '80s, mom is disabled, and she still tries to take care of me and in her softer moments calls me her baby girl. She never did that once i was no longer a little girl, and I love to hear it now. I treasure her.

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u/Mysterious_Cod 13h ago

Hugging you so hard right now. I’m so sorry for your pain and loss.

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u/Gloomy_Object_3757 10h ago

Sending you a giant hug . I lost my Mum Nov 23 . The pain never stops I’m 47 x

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u/emc3o33 10h ago

I am so, so sorry you’ve lost your mom. I’m more than twice your age and still miss/need my mom. I chose to believe she’s still with me in some way, but it’s not the same and it sucks. I wish I could hug her again. Well, here come my tears.

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u/Aalleto 13h ago

I just lost both of my grandmas in November and last week and I'm just reeling from the loss and dramatic shift in family dynamic. I cannot even imagine your loss, I'm so sorry

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u/destroythethings 6h ago

fuck, I am so very sorry you lost your mom. especially at your age. I lost my mom when i was 33, and I'm still lost, a couple years later. things like this always remind me of her too. sounds like you had a good one. some day not too far off you will be able to laugh sometimes instead of cry. sending hugs. 💜

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u/Verboten00 3h ago

Hugs 🫂

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u/FairyGodmothersUnion 3h ago

Lots of love and hugs, sweetheart. You’re never really too big to fit inside your mom’s heart. ❤️

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u/DreamCrusher914 13m ago

My 4 year old asked me today if her daddy and I (mom) would die someday (we were watching “Wish” and she asked where Asha’s dad was, so I told her he had died). I was honest with her and said “yes, one day we will die, that’s just how life works. But we will always love you, and even when you can’t see us, we will be there for you.”

I’m so sorry for your loss. You should watch the “Sleepytime” episode of Bluey and know your mom still loves you, even if you can’t see her.

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u/Sagzmir 17h ago

You know Pearl and Wanda and that mama chicken are spilling all the tea.

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u/Hammer-of-Bill 17h ago

Did you see how Sandy gave bawk bawk for extra feed?

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u/peculiarshade 16h ago

Like true American patriots

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u/isat_u_steve 17h ago

Cute AF.

Last parts remind me of me and my adult daughter. She’s cute AF too.

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u/ObsessiveAboutCats 15h ago

My mother is very short and I am very tall. I've been taller than her since I was 10. This video definitely reminds me of us!

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u/opportunisticwombat 5h ago

Same! I have a Hispanic mother who is 5’2”, I was 5’7” by the time I was in 7th grade. My mom loves having a tall daughter. 😆

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u/NoxKyoki 14h ago

Peacock egg. Lol. Lord.

This is absolutely adorable though. I was waiting for a clip of mom just sitting on baby’s back like everything’s exactly the same as it always has been. Just trying to keep her little girl safe and warm.

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u/katzmiao 17h ago

Is there more? ❤️

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u/jrobbio 13h ago

Yes, there's a live show at 11am Pacific time https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6u7Tywf/

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u/xxsuscitatexx 13h ago

I know we'll never truly know, but does the chicken ever think "this is a weird looking my kind" , "she's getting REAL big for one of my kind" and if so at what point. Like she clearly isn't hesitant to be Mom regardless

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u/foxyshmoxy_ 7h ago

In my mind she's bragging to all the other hens how special and beautiful her baby is. and so big! so strong!

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u/cruisefans 19h ago

This is so heartwarming beautiful 😍🥰😘❤️

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u/arbitrageME 19h ago

He looks so much like Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda

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u/SinfullySinless 16h ago

What it feels like to have kids with a man who is way larger than you

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u/half-dead 15h ago

Absolutely. My 13 year old is 6 inches taller than me and 50+ lbs heavier. I feel the mama's quiet confusion in this video lol

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u/Easy-Armadillo-3434 13h ago

I love how she’s like “I know I’m big but I still wanna sleep next to ma”

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u/Zealotstim 13h ago

My child is just very tall and healthy! 🐔😤

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u/Ishkabibble54 14h ago

That peafowl has been recruited for the Chicken NBA.

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u/andersaur 16h ago

This song defines the 90s for me. Same way TillTuesday exemplifies the 80s. No particular reason, just does.

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u/smalby 19h ago

Very sweet

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u/Cyynric 14h ago

We used to live somewhere with a lot of open yards and woods, and one of our neighbors had a roaming gang of chickens and guineafowl. They would wander from yard to yard, then return home at night. They were so much fun, and our dog loved to sit at the window and watch them. We called them the "fancy chickens."

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u/deweydecimal111 14h ago

Mamas are everything.

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u/holagatita 8h ago

there was a peacock that roamed around my Midwestern city for a couple months in mid 2020, being loud as fuck on people's roofs and cars, and delighting everyone on the Facebook group's made to track him. he lives on a farm now and has a wife lol

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u/SlowBurnAte8 14h ago

We need more!! Gimme more!!!!

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u/jrobbio 13h ago

There's a live show at 11am Pacific time https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6u7Tywf/

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u/LostStormcrow 11h ago

As someone who was six foot tall by age ten, I feel oddly moved by this.

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u/Sha_1990_ 14h ago

That's so precious!!!!!!

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u/IllustriousCandy3042 12h ago

I’m not crying, you’re crying!

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u/JollyConcentrate1015 16h ago

❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️

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u/LaDreadPirateRoberta 12h ago edited 12h ago

Where's that family of shirt people with a tall son. This is giving me the same vibe.

Edit: https://youtu.be/V1kMyHtPdAY?si=EfJRI8fVCT522eBq

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u/OmgItsBellaaa 1h ago

omg i just watched the full compilation video and it took overy ounce of willpower to keep quiet since my fiancee is asleep 😭

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u/IKU420 6h ago

Pearl and Wanda, “Bro, you know thats not a chicken right!?!”

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u/Ok-Reveal220 6h ago

Must be what Shaq's mom felt like as he grew up???

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u/Maleficent_Ideal_775 9h ago

Popcorn says hi!

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u/GoodCalendarYear 9h ago

The still sleeping under mom got me. I'm tearing up. I remember when I was little I loved sleeping with my mama. I hated my step-dad bc he didn't want me sleeping with my mom anymore. I'm an adult now and my mom and I aren't close. Anyway, I love birds!!

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u/Treat-Self 7h ago

Reminds me of Foghorn Leghorn..... I say I say there boy you not a Chicken Hawk you a Chicken!

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u/RinZu-chan23dessu 3h ago

Proof parenting is not bound by blood but by love

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES 15h ago

Kind of reminds me of that Rick and Morty episode when Morty raised a son

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u/Hattrick44 14h ago

I mean...neat. how often do peafowl lay eggs and do they taste different?

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u/YouInternational2152 14h ago

Just an FYI, peacocks are LOUD and MEAN!

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u/bostoncreampie9 13h ago

💙💙💙

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u/nah6363 12h ago

I need more updates on this pair.

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u/PureValkyrie592 12h ago

Mama gets very confused toward the end… what the heck hatched from that egg? 🤔💕

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u/pipehonker 10h ago

Dad wants a paternity test

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u/Oldie_butgoodie5117 8h ago

This is so cute a mothers love:) I am just wondering if she clucks like a chicken or yells halp:)

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u/Yadicakez 7h ago

I’m 45 and still have my emotional breakdowns when I call out for my mom. It’s been 7 years. I have my own children, one in college and yet I feel like I still need my mommy. I feel your pain and share your tears.

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u/Proof-Assignment2112 4h ago

It's certainly common

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u/cant-see-me 4h ago

The adolescent phase of the peahen was so funny !

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u/JN88DN 1h ago

God, they grow sooo fast.

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u/Bluecif 12h ago

Birds are fucking stupid.