Farmyard Bizzaro- diary on a crazy farmyard's days (Geese and Chickens)

[FourteenChicks]

Which nest is hers if you know
(Out of the four pictured earlier)

 

[FourteenChicks]

Which nest is hers if you know
(Out of the four pictured earlier)

 

[FourteenChicks]

Which nest is hers if you know
(Out of the four pictured earlier)

 

[Outpost JWB]

That is a lot of eggs. I know you let a lot of them hatch out. But how do you know from day to day which eggs the girls are sitting on and not. My brooder had 6 eggs under her, next thing I knew it was 12 because the other hens kept laying. I had to mark mine so they didn't get mixed up. Then we also separated the brooder & gave her a brooder pen.

 

[FourteenChicks]

Aahhh sorry I didn't mean to send that so many times

 

[ChickyChickens]

Which nest is hers if you know
(Out of the four pictured earlier)

None of them, all those are nests that don't have broodies yet!

That is a lot of eggs.  I know you let a lot of them hatch out.  But how do you know from day to day which eggs the girls are sitting on and not.  My brooder had 6 eggs under her, next thing I knew it was 12 because the other hens kept laying.  I had to mark mine so they didn't get mixed up.  Then we also separated the brooder & gave her a brooder pen.

Yes, I let all of the eggs hatch out, and yes, I mark all of the eggs that belong to broodies! What I do is, when a hen goes broody I leave her alone ( for the day) until it is dark. If she is still sitting on the nest ( and not roosting) then I mark the eggs so that I know which egg belongs to which broody! The hen, somehow,know that the eggs that are not marked are not their eggs and the ones that are marked are theirs!

Aahhh sorry I didn't mean to send that so many times

No, it is not a problem!!

 

[ChickyChickens]

It has finally rained!!! WORMS WERE POPPING UP FROM EVRYWHERE!!!
Will post pics later!

 

[FourteenChicks]

How long has it been since it last rained?

 

[ChickyChickens]

Emmmm, May! There was rain in June , but that was all just drizzle and it didn't even help much as about 2 cm of earth got wet!

 

[ChickyChickens]

UPDATE!!!
We have got some more broodies!
Some more hens have gone broody!

Venture! Second time being broody in her life and the year!


Snowflake! Second time being broody in her life, and second time this year!


Sparkle! (Same as the other two

)


Snowball! Third time this year and third time in her life!


I found a pic of her as a pullet!

Had fun MARKING!!!

MARKING...!


Sparkles eggs marked.


Snowballs eggs marked!


Was listening to music and drinking coke while I was marking!

Still some nests open for broodies!

Full one.


Not so full one!

Octomom eggs are starting to hatch!


Moonshine is still waiting!