MJWarner
Chirping
Mary, my lavender orpington, decided yesterday to become a mom. Has not left the nesting box since at least yesterday morning, and is still there this morning. I usually collect between 8 and 10 eggs every evening from my 10 girls, and I only got 4 from the other boxes yesterday, so I figure she probably has 4-5 eggs under her now. I hesitate to disturb her too much, so she will commit for the long haul. I have eggs from the last 2 days, and would like to cram some of them under her to best utilize her as a broody and protective chick raising mom hen. From y'all who have done this before, can Ido this in the daytime, or should I wait until late night, then sneak them in? Mary is 6 1/2 months old, and this is both of our first hatching rodeo, it would be good if we are on the same page with this. I do realize it takes a few days before I can be certain of 100% commitment on her part, but I would like to place the extra eggs so that the hatch day is synced.