Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. Recent content by AGravot
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Parthenogenesis
It smelled absolutely rotten and horrible, so I buried it. I had a cord coming out of it with a sack at the end that was split open. It was the strangest thing Ive ever seen- AGravot
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Parthenogenesis
Yes. Our flock is about 2 years old and we've never had a rooster anywhere near them. She has been broody for a few weeks now, and it was under her next to the other eggs she has been sitting on. It was the same size as the other eggs but did not have a hard shell and was a burgandy color. I...- AGravot
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Parthenogenesis
It happened to me! I just went outside to collect eggs and noticed a burgandy colored ball laying next to them with a cord from it and everything. As I looked at it more, I could see eyes and a beak inside the sack. I looked it up and sure enough it is parthenogenesis in chickens. It can and did...- AGravot
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