And risk the wrath of mama hen?
This is her being nice as I give her more eggs. You should’ve seen her go at me on pulling her out of the tiny nest box and then trying to relocate her into the crate. She doesn’t care which way she faces, where she sits… she just turns into a puffy, bitey, stationary lump. She will poop, eat, and drink maybe every 5 days. She responds just like this to attempts to hand water or feed her as well. But she won’t break, she’s crazy determined when she decides to sit, and she’s a great mama.
Edit to add: that noise is her striking my hand, she wasn’t missing, and yes it hurts a little. Not as much as the two solid bites and attempts to tear in the aforementioned moving process
and I remembered why I called her Mean meat Mama… she didn’t manage to break my skin, but she was sure trying! Completely the opposite of my Bully girl, little fluffs mama. She jumps out of her nest every morning, Goldie won’t budge. I can peek under my Bully no problem and she lets me pick up her chicks, expects me to carry them out to the meat tractor for her… Goldie will draw blood… happily.
