Update: first broody's chick has come out... EE mom and dad is Brown leghorn, Black ameracuana , RIR/cochin mutt or a BR/EE .... Looks like a beard allready so maybe an amera chick... woot woot , theres 2 more I see have pipped
I have a buff orpington hatched June 8 th last year. She has been broody since March 1st that I noticed.. she was sitting on a few eggs that i'd left under her , but she continued getting up and letting others lay on her eggs and would make it back in there at night,, about 4 more eggs were added to the nest each day... I decided that I didn't need anymore mutts at all and and she had left her eggs again , tossed the eggs on day five.. ( she was sitting in the box nest to her eggs (emtpy box)) NOW>. she has been in the box for the last 3 days , no eggs and will not move.. I took her out and put her on the ground where she ruffled up and laid right down.. I picked her up again and moved her to another spot and she laid right down , scretched at any bird that came near and pecked at the cat.. ON THE GROUND.. so I put her back in the box.. her belly feathers are pecked gone.. I felt bad so I put 4 eggs under her again, I have some 11 day incubator eggs (just mutts hatching for a friend ) should I now put this under her to let her hatch what she will and get her outta this .. I may have eggs being shipped and I don't want to put them under her..
I have a buff orpington hatched June 8 th last year. She has been broody since March 1st that I noticed.. she was sitting on a few eggs that i'd left under her , but she continued getting up and letting others lay on her eggs and would make it back in there at night,, about 4 more eggs were added to the nest each day... I decided that I didn't need anymore mutts at all and and she had left her eggs again , tossed the eggs on day five.. ( she was sitting in the box nest to her eggs (emtpy box)) NOW>. she has been in the box for the last 3 days , no eggs and will not move.. I took her out and put her on the ground where she ruffled up and laid right down.. I picked her up again and moved her to another spot and she laid right down , scretched at any bird that came near and pecked at the cat.. ON THE GROUND.. so I put her back in the box.. her belly feathers are pecked gone.. I felt bad so I put 4 eggs under her again, I have some 11 day incubator eggs (just mutts hatching for a friend ) should I now put this under her to let her hatch what she will and get her outta this .. I may have eggs being shipped and I don't want to put them under her..
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