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I think my Blue is broody again. She was sitting on a nest last night, one the chickens and her have been using in the woodshed.
I decided beings she was still there this morning to give her some chicken eggs to hatch, she was sitting on 2 fake eggs, one turkey egg ( hers) and 3 chicken eggs. I took the turkey egg out and gave it to Mom for a omelet. I am not into eating partially developed eggs, Mom lost her taste buds 60 years ago, and she is semi-senile and will not notice the fetus..........(J/k come on lighten up and have a drink!)
I do not need anymore turkeys. I am over loaded with them and I did not want eggs that hatch a week apart under her. So I went to see if she would let me change eggs. She let me but only after putting up a fight. She hissed at me, she flared out her feathers and she bit me, over and over.
Here are 3 of the thousands of bites she gave me:
She even bit my other arm as I was reaching under her. I would think if she was not broody she would have ran off, instead of staying to fight.
As you can see these are potentially life threatening injuries. I am going to lay around and take a few bottles of Mike's to dull the pain and help the healing. It is a shame to get injured on a day like today because I had such big plans for things I wanted to get done. Oh, well, I need to nurse that injured hand and arm now....
I decided beings she was still there this morning to give her some chicken eggs to hatch, she was sitting on 2 fake eggs, one turkey egg ( hers) and 3 chicken eggs. I took the turkey egg out and gave it to Mom for a omelet. I am not into eating partially developed eggs, Mom lost her taste buds 60 years ago, and she is semi-senile and will not notice the fetus..........(J/k come on lighten up and have a drink!)
I do not need anymore turkeys. I am over loaded with them and I did not want eggs that hatch a week apart under her. So I went to see if she would let me change eggs. She let me but only after putting up a fight. She hissed at me, she flared out her feathers and she bit me, over and over.
Here are 3 of the thousands of bites she gave me:
She even bit my other arm as I was reaching under her. I would think if she was not broody she would have ran off, instead of staying to fight.
As you can see these are potentially life threatening injuries. I am going to lay around and take a few bottles of Mike's to dull the pain and help the healing. It is a shame to get injured on a day like today because I had such big plans for things I wanted to get done. Oh, well, I need to nurse that injured hand and arm now....
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Was it the same hen who had your hand for lunch?
