Well, we are surrounded by broodies
Naomi, our OEG mix has settled in the old wooden shed with two of her own eggs, and 3 foster standard eggs. she's been brooding since last night.
and this morning, the red and white hen whos been layin in the feed room has started settling on her 6 or so remaining eggs(3 eggs were fostered to Naomi) and 3 somehow got cracked, so we pitched them.
ALSO, I /think/ that Stencil, my fawn and white runner duck is trying, or atleast has fantasies of brooding, because she set my muscovies nest this morning for about 30 minutes O_O.
I hope the two broody hens work out and we get baby peepers,
AND if Stencil's gonna set I wish she would for longer than 30 minutes
question though, I have one of what I think is Sages egg, that i was gonna stick in the bator, but would it be ok to set the duck egg under the broody red hen??, would she stick around the extra 7 days til the duck egg hatched??
then if she did I'd have to take the duckling away right??
Naomi, our OEG mix has settled in the old wooden shed with two of her own eggs, and 3 foster standard eggs. she's been brooding since last night.
and this morning, the red and white hen whos been layin in the feed room has started settling on her 6 or so remaining eggs(3 eggs were fostered to Naomi) and 3 somehow got cracked, so we pitched them.
ALSO, I /think/ that Stencil, my fawn and white runner duck is trying, or atleast has fantasies of brooding, because she set my muscovies nest this morning for about 30 minutes O_O.
I hope the two broody hens work out and we get baby peepers,
AND if Stencil's gonna set I wish she would for longer than 30 minutes
question though, I have one of what I think is Sages egg, that i was gonna stick in the bator, but would it be ok to set the duck egg under the broody red hen??, would she stick around the extra 7 days til the duck egg hatched??
then if she did I'd have to take the duckling away right??
