Don't you just hate it when the kids won't leave the nest?

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Especially when you are trying to lay an egg?

edited to add that the big babies are 9 weeks old and are bigger than mama!

 

[Buster]

Traffic jam alert!

 

[chickenbuddy]

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Mom's probably thinking she got more than she bargained for.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Yeah, she has had enough of the three big boys. She routinely chases them around the run pecking them on the head. It always makes me think of those big strappin' high school boys being fussed at by a 4'2" mom.

Mama and the mille fleur girl in the background get along great. She even lets her nestled up under a wing on the roost at night. It makes me wonder if the fact that the boys are LF and mama is a banty has something to do with it. They are bigger than she is and clearly they need to leave her alone!

 

[Blue_Myst]

Someone's got to grow up

 

[Dixiedoodle]

LOL She's probably asking: "And just WHEN am I going to enjoy the 'empty nest syndrome"