Well, I guess it doesn't so much matter why as that she is passing it on to her kids and I'm fully aware of it. She's my sweet little pal and there's no reason to remove her from the pen since I'm not actively breeding strictly to standard at the moment. It just seems so odd that some of her chicks would have such prominent feathered legs.
Carly laid an egg today after not producing one for a month. She dug around in the hay in a nest after bullying Mina out of it, then she dug way down until she made a little chicken cave, pulling the hay over her head, and laid an egg in it. Then, when she left, Mina found the egg, thought she'd hit paydirt and started sitting on it. Naturally, I removed it. Mina had been hostile to Molly's first hatched chick before I took Molly and the babies to the broody cage, looking over the divider and screeching like she'd seen some alien invader. First timers, sheesh. You never know how they'll react to a chick the first time they see one.
Carly laid an egg today after not producing one for a month. She dug around in the hay in a nest after bullying Mina out of it, then she dug way down until she made a little chicken cave, pulling the hay over her head, and laid an egg in it. Then, when she left, Mina found the egg, thought she'd hit paydirt and started sitting on it. Naturally, I removed it. Mina had been hostile to Molly's first hatched chick before I took Molly and the babies to the broody cage, looking over the divider and screeching like she'd seen some alien invader. First timers, sheesh. You never know how they'll react to a chick the first time they see one.
