Good Morning! I had training all day yesterday that was interesting but not that applicable to my job. That makes it harder to focus on it for an entire day! Back in the office today to catch up.
I've decided to let my broody Leghorn have a go at hatching eggs. I'm getting eight total - four Ameraucana and four Blue Plymouth Rocks. Do you guys think that is too many eggs? She just seems so small to try and sit on all of those. Of course, it's still so hot here I could probably just set them in a nest box and they would hatch on their own. I really hope this works. I'm more afraid of her harming them once they are born. She seems pretty determined to stay on the nest, but she's so flighty and high-strung I'm afraid she'll freak out when they are born. I'm mentally preparing myself for the possibility of losing some. I think I will just put a sleeping bag next to the coop until they all hatch and I can see how she treats them!
After work I need to cut down the front of the nesting box she will be put in, as somehow I made it too high. I think I thought it would be set in the ground a bit deeper than it did.
Enjoy your coffee, and have a good day.
I've decided to let my broody Leghorn have a go at hatching eggs. I'm getting eight total - four Ameraucana and four Blue Plymouth Rocks. Do you guys think that is too many eggs? She just seems so small to try and sit on all of those. Of course, it's still so hot here I could probably just set them in a nest box and they would hatch on their own. I really hope this works. I'm more afraid of her harming them once they are born. She seems pretty determined to stay on the nest, but she's so flighty and high-strung I'm afraid she'll freak out when they are born. I'm mentally preparing myself for the possibility of losing some. I think I will just put a sleeping bag next to the coop until they all hatch and I can see how she treats them!
Enjoy your coffee, and have a good day.