Hawk!!!

[Shezadandy]

She disappeared sometime yesterday. She didn’t go into the coop. We do a head count every evening before we lock up.

My son saw her drinking this morning. He didn’t know he was supposed to follow her. At least we know she is alive.

She was broody before in the spring, she sat for almost 60 days but she couldn’t hatch anything. She kept making a mess on the nest, she broke eggs, and also she was disturbed a lot. Other hens kept putting new eggs in the nest, I tried to move her to a safe private corner but she wouldn’t have it. I took her into the house and covered her with a basket. I put the last eggs into the incubator to stop breaking and I gave her unfertilized eggs. She refused the first chick when it hatched, and then she abandoned the nest. We did a lot wrong in the name of helping her. I don’t expect she will be successful this time but she has a better chance if nobody is bothering her. Will see

The important thing is she's alive!! That's great news. I hear you on the frustrations with a broody hen. Maybe her secret nest will pay off. Not all hens make great moms, sadly. Maybe the more natural setting will be to her liking - one way to find out. =)

 

[Ginmary]

Any more hen sightings?