➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Cryss]

Except Miss Badness, who has already thrown an additional egg that was laid in her nest while she was on break, out of the nest and broke it. I know it was laid while she was out because the ones she is sitting on are all marked and this egg was not marked! So hopefully you don't have a hen who can count like I do. when she gets back on the nest she stands in front of it first and just looks for a min, before getting back in.

Maybe she's not counting. Maybe she's looking for your mark! If she doesn't see it out it goes!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Maybe she's not counting. Maybe she's looking for your mark! If she doesn't see it out it goes!

I believe that is what is actually going on, I don't think she can really count!

 

[CSAchook]

My current mama hen definitely noticed when I gave her new eggs. I waited till she took her daily break, then took away the 4 medium sized tan eggs she had been sitting on and replaced them with the 10 large blue eggs I had bought. Poor thing finished her break and went back into her little broody coop. Stopped dead in her tracks in front of her nest and stared at it. Turned around and ran back down her ramp into the run. Ran around in the run raising a fuss for a few minutes then went back in the house to stare at the eggs some more. In the end though she couldn’t resisted the siren call of a full nest. Climbed in and behaved beautifully all through the the incubation and hatch.

 

[CSAchook]

My current mama hen definitely noticed when I gave her new eggs. I waited till she took her daily break, then took away the 4 medium sized tan eggs she had been sitting on and replaced them with the 10 large blue eggs I had bought. Poor thing finished her break and went back into her little broody coop. Stopped dead in her tracks in front of her nest and stared at it. Turned around and ran back down her ramp into the run. Ran around in the run raising a fuss for a few minutes then went back in the house to stare at the eggs some more. In the end though she couldn’t resisted the siren call of a full nest. Climbed in and behaved beautifully all through the the incubation and hatch.

I felt kinda bad though. I have always thought she was the dumb one in the flock. Turns out she is pretty perceptive!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I felt kinda bad though. I have always thought she was the dumb one in the flock. Turns out she is pretty perceptive!

I think they are all a lot smarter than we give them credit for.

 

[PirateGirl]

I have one I always throught was the dumb one too and one day when she ended up with the best treat she ran and hid in the coop while she ate it all. Meanwhile the others were playing keep away and no one else got much of anything. They are smarter than they let on

 

[biophiliac]

The word for the day is ...
al·tri·cial
alˈtriSHəl/
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adjective

1. (of a young bird or other animal) hatched or born in an undeveloped state and requiring care and feeding by the parents.
   • (of a particular species) having altricial young

 

[Kiki]

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She is blonde like me!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

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And now you know how they got that description!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

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Poor little sweety, hope she does well.