"He probably does" Ash replied. "There are 27 kids in the herd. Every female has laid at least one egg, and Bron is the dad of all of them."
"Plus there are some females with eggs in them." Lightfoot added.
"Yeah. There's me, my closest sister over here, my older brother Stone, and the other siblings in the herd: Flint, Bluetail, Starrus, Whitefoot, Red, Brightfoot, Bill, Softfoot, Bob..."
"Bob?" Littlefoot asked.
"Bron let his mother name him. She isn't the smartest one of us..." Ash replied. "I'll tell you the rest later."
"The girls are the ones with body parts in their names, the boys are all the others" Lightfoot added.
"It's kinda odd... why is dad the father of so many?" Littlefoot asked.
"Well... he kinda runs things." Ash told his half-brother. "We may be his kids, but you are his heir. When we grow up, we have to leave. He can't feed and protect all of us. More longnecks join every now and then... dad only lets females and kids in, though."