Buggers!
Maggie just ran back west across the yard going back to her nest and I couldn't get out the door quick enough to see where she went! But She didn't head toward the Photenia bush near the road so that helps narrow the search field.
I WILL FIND HER NEST!
Good luck.
I wonder if that's a cayuga thing?
Mines not broody, but she can hide her eggs better than any other bird we've had.
It may be....my other Cayuga cross hens can't be let out of the duck run until they lay their eggs. Otherwise it is like an Easter egg hunt every day! They do go back to the same nest for at least three eggs before they change locations. It is far easier to hold them until 9 am before releasing them
No luck finding the nest...yet.
We sorted 2018 heifers this morning. The calf crop has been one of the best we have had. Hard to decide selling some of the 40 keeper heifers. Narrowed it down to 19 to keep as replacements and 21 to go to the stockyards.
We laughed about putting on blinders when we load these girls in the trailers this weekend. Six of them are full blood Angus. The rest are 3/4 and 7/8 Angus.
Then I cooked lunch and put a roast with veggies on to slow cook for dinner.
And I mowed the yard and garden....thought surely Maggie would budge off her nest....but NOooo! She stuck tight.
Yesterday, I worked on cleaning out the brooder room floor in the barn. Actually filled two 5 gallon buckets and carried loads to the big scoop on the tractor....a great start on next year's compost pile. Carried 41 5 gallon buckets full....filling the scoop twice.
Still need to clean one floor pen. Then repair the screen door to the room, spread a bag of wood shavings, securely hang the brooder lights and release 97 chicks ranging in size from Easter hatch to 2 weeks old. I have the 5 broody hens sitting in the nest box in the brooder room and will put chicks under them.
I had to do something....because I have 65 eggs hatching this weekend! And then on May 2 and May 7 and May 14 and....
I'm taking it easy tonight.
