Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Sounds cold and stressful!

I have been trying to upload a photo for the past couple hrs, for taxes owed. But seems that the network is giving me grief.

This is a frequent excuse from you. Just pointing that out.

 

[BY Bob]

I am going to have to pass on those leghorns. Even though they were posted in my local facebook group they are 3 hours away in Tennessee.

That is not close. Although for a good leghorn I might drive 6 hours.

 

[BY Bob]

No, chicken math at it's best would mean she would get at least 6 chickens, so only 1 hour of driving for each. Me thinks 3 leghorns and 3legbars. Nice even split!

However, you could go with 4 leggies and 2 legbars. That way you will be sure to 'fill' Grandma's egg carton quickly, so she might be less likely to question how the egg carton never gets emptier....put one full dozen in at a time...just hide the others for a few days until you have enough for another carton full (and start saving those store bought cartons - NOW.) And, nice to have two blue egg layers...they won't each lay every day...and it IS a beautiful addition: rainbow eggs: Blue, white, light brown, dark brown, brown with speckles.
moral of this part: 1 is never enough! 3 is good, but 6 is better

Our resident enabler has weighed in.

 

[BY Bob]

Let me stand corrected. Momma Hen is not just laying eggs in her little cave, the devil is full on broody and setting. I saw she came off for about a hour then went back. I waited until after dark and got out my good flashlight and went to see. She is on her nest. I can cry right now. I cannot get to her to remove the eggs. I do not know how long she has been laying nor how many she is setting on. I also do not know if today is even day 1. I feel this is karma biting me in the butt for teasing @Ponypoor . Lesson learned folks. Do not laugh at someone and say they are going to wide up with a sneaky broody hen when they do not want chicks. YOU will be the one with the sneaky broody hen.

I don't see how they will hatch with the cold that is arriving. Will she really be able to keep them warm enough? I wonder.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes I'm blaming it on karma. You had better watch out, I think you teased her as well.

That she did!

So did I......

Oh wait, I don't have a rooster!

 

[BY Bob]

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Quite a bit more perky today.

She is a real beauty.

 

[RoyalChick]

That is not close. Although for a good leghorn I might drive 6 hours.

Though perhaps not a couple of days after major surgery.

 

[featherhead007]

Holy cow!

 

[featherhead007]

That she did!

So did I......

Oh wait, I don't have a rooster!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

She could just be laying. The problem with that hen is if she is able to hide her eggs and manage to stash at least 3 before they are found broodiness kicks in full force. So if she is not broody it is only a matter of time. I cannot get to her where she is, that area is steep. She went broody there once before and mom managed to climb up there and sneak a peak. She about fell several times and swore never again would she climb to that spot. Last time she chose that spot she made it a week and her nest was destroyed by something that scattered the eggs but did not eat them.

The safest way up there then is to lay an extension ladder on the bank against the ground.