Is hay going broody?

[chicken4prez]

First things first, I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.

Our neighbour's chicken coop is an old playhouse. One the top of the coop there's a little hideaway for kids but just a few days ago they built a door so the little room was enclosed and filled it with hay.

A few days later my sisters found a ton of eggs sitting in the corner and we weren't really sure what to think...

My neighbour came over and asked how we were doing and we mentioned that we saw some eggs in that little room and we were wondering what the plan was with them and he said that they're up there to hatch! Confused, we asked how they planned to hatch these eggs and he said that someone told him that if you say eggs in hay, they will hatch.

A lot of things don't quite make sense here. First, what about turning the eggs? Second, the days are warm and the nights are cold so how can they hatch with fluctuating temperatures?

Can hay really hatch eggs? It sounds wrong on so many levels....

 

[MelissaRose]

I've never heard of that, let me know what happens!
I don't really think it will work because they need to be at the right temperature the whole time and, what about humidity?

 

[chicken4prez]

I've never heard of that let me know what happens!
I don't really think it will work because they need to be at the right temperature the whole time and what about humidity?

I will!
Exactly! My neighbour's are the kind of people who don't think much before they get something. They don't know anything about hatching and I'm worried that if they do get chicks with this or without this, they won't get the proper care.

We're locking up their chickens every night because they don't lock them up and we have predators around here. They can make me frustrated!

 

[sylviethecochin]

That is not, in any way, shape, or form, how incubation works. I suppose it might work if the eggs were in compost, but I think they'd get gassed to death before they grew too long.

On the one hand, education may be a necessity.

On the other, who wants to tell him how this actually works?

 

[chickencheeper]

I think they may have heard a myth that has something to do with broody’s or maybe they read something wrong

 

[stuckinthecity]

That is not, in any way, shape, or form, how incubation works. I suppose it might work if the eggs were in compost, but I think they'd get gassed to death before they grew too long.

On the one hand, education may be a necessity.

On the other, who wants to tell him how this actually works?

I think I read somewhere someone had thrown eggs in the compost and later they hatched Can you imagine the surprise...