A Funny Little Hen

[joebryant]

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Oh, yeah, let a hen go broody and watch how many eggs she'll steal out of other hens' nests. I caught one hiding an egg in her wing going from one area of the coop to another to get to her own nest.

 

[RevaVirginia]

Gotta love a chicken with a felony record.

 

[elmo]

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The nests are designed so that all Anne has to do is open the door, reach down, and remove the eggs from the back of the nest box. Plus, I don't want to have to walk into the coops to get the eggs. The rooster goes crackers, then all the hens and other roosters start raising a cacophony of cackling, clucking, and protest of the invasion of the thing from Mars for about ten minutes. It couldn't be worse if I were a fox.

Sounds like several good reasons you can't go with this particular flow. Oh, well.

 

[Peeper7]

How Funny! I had no idea hens could carry eggs.

Maybe that's where all my eggs are going.... guess I should "strip search" 'em.

This is the first year I have broody breeds. I'm looking forward to the antics!

I blocked an area of my coop where I did not want the hens to keep laying. Then they decided to use the nest.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

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Oh, yeah, let a hen go broody and watch how many eggs she'll steal out of other hens' nests. I caught one hiding an egg in her wing going from one area of the coop to another to get to her own nest.

Okay...I'm naive enough to believe this.

 

[Peeper7]

I'd love to see more stories... I'm going to start a thread about chicken antics