6. Mabel the Chicken and the Puppies
You’ll never believe this – Mabel the chicken became a foster mom to a litter of orphaned puppies! It happened on a farm in England. Mabel made friends with a dog named Nettle who lived there.
When Nettle gave birth to pups and stepped out, maternal Mabel went right over to keep the newborn puppies warm and cozy like they were her own chicks! Now that’s an unusual crossover friendship.
We don’t know what happened after, but Mabel and Nettle’s motherly bond proves how caring cuts across species. Chickens and dogs don’t usually get along, but this chicken’s mothering instinct caused her to snuggle right in with a puppy pile.