PerfectPlumage
Chirping
So, I used to have a hen named Featherwing. One day I found her broody in the makeshift coop, so the wait began. Then I realized she was sitting on 1 egg, just 1. And about maybe 30 or 40 days later I realized she had been sitting on that egg for so long. I found she had been sitting on a rotten egg, barely ever getting up for food, she wanted to hatch that little egg so bad. So, I got a fake egg, took the rotten one and quickly put the fake one under her, and waited for another hen to lay an egg. The next day I took the fake egg and put the fresh, new fertile egg under her. 21 more days. I see her clucking around, a beautiful little chick fallowing her. Next day, GONE. The chick, gone, eaten by hawks or foxes or coyotes, maybe even killed by the rooster. (The roo was a jerk).
That poor hen, she waited so long for her little chick.