Broody Dolly Parton Hatchalong!

[2ndTink]

Good day Willie! Get those braids going

 

[GreenJay]

good morning Dolly's brood! Grow chickies grow!

 

[ElfenLied89]

good morning Dolly's brood! Grow chickies grow!

She's doing a good job. She only stays off nest for an hour or so to eat and drink. It's so hot during the day (high 80s and low 90s without heat index added), she should be fine right?

 

[tlcmurphy]

I think so as long as she’s eating and drinking

 

[ElfenLied89]

I think so as long as she’s eating and drinking

Long as she isn't off her eggs too long. I have incubator room now (a bunch of eggs didn't develop) but still would rather her hatch em.

 

[WoDia]

Doubt it bc the nest is an old dresser and has....lemme show you. Its boxes and off the ground. Idk how she'd move em.

See how each one is a box off the ground? Unless she has arms somehow and then she needs to clean up lol.

She’s either allowing other hens to lay in the same nest, or she’s “egg-napping” from other nests. I didn’t believe they could do that, until I saw it for myself. I once caught one of my girls in the act… she was leaving another nesting box, so I lifted her wings, and there was an egg beneath!

 

[WoDia]

Good night tiny Jewel! I hope you grew a lot today!

 

[ElfenLied89]

She’s either allowing other hens to lay in the same nest, or she’s “egg-napping” from other nests. I didn’t believe they could do that, until I saw it for myself. I once caught one of my girls in the act… she was leaving another nesting box, so I lifted her wings, and there was an egg beneath!

What?! They tuck em in the wing area? Sneaky sneaky.

 

[GreenJay]

good morning Dolly's brood! Hope everyone is staying warm and cozy, grow babies!

 

[WoDia]

What?! They tuck em in the wing area? Sneaky sneaky.

The broody in question is an EE who was extremely insistent on being broody. She was sitting on 3 marked eggs in the broody box, but she kept moving to another one and fussing with those eggs (but not settling down on them). She’d lose interest (I thought) and settle back on her own eggs. In the following 2 days, I was finding more in her nest. I was thinking that another hen was invading the broody box… until I caught her one day sort of waddling back toward hers. I thought something was wrong with her, so I began checking her out, lifted her wings and an egg rolled out! I moved her and her eggs to brood in another building after that!