I have 3 broody hens on eggs, 1 is mine, the other two are loaners
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Here's my girl:
Here's her story: I bought her about a year and a half ago. She was one of those "Puh-lease take this chicken" chickens. Last summer, she kept trying to sit on eggs. She would sit for a few days, then get up. Eggs kept appearing and disappearing in the nest box beside her's. One day, I wanted to make fresh homemade brownies so I went to the nest next to her's, gathered the eggs and came in. First egg, great. Second egg......YUCK! It was black liquid and there was a half grown chick in there (dead of course)
. I've yet to make more. So, I immediately go out and get her and her nest of eggs and put her in a cage to hatch them. She hatched out 3. A few months later, we had a bad hawk problem. She disappeared so I figured she was gone. Around 2 1/2 weeks later, she appears with 3 more babies
. My dh's uncle wanted to hatch some of his eggs. She was broody but I told him he needed to put her up in a cage of sorts or she might not stay. She hatched 3 more
. She now has 8 eggs under her. She doesn't move no matter what is going on around her. She's an excellent mother and will stand up to the dogs around here if they come toward her chicks. I have no idea what she is. I'm sure she is mixed but with what.....who knows
. I love her because she is pretty friendly, doesn't mind if I pick up her chicks (as long as they don't chirp), and is the ONLY broody hen I have
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Here's my girl:
Here's her story: I bought her about a year and a half ago. She was one of those "Puh-lease take this chicken" chickens. Last summer, she kept trying to sit on eggs. She would sit for a few days, then get up. Eggs kept appearing and disappearing in the nest box beside her's. One day, I wanted to make fresh homemade brownies so I went to the nest next to her's, gathered the eggs and came in. First egg, great. Second egg......YUCK! It was black liquid and there was a half grown chick in there (dead of course)
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