Kiki's found horse eggs—experiment Round 2

[Dawnclucks22]

I hate to break this to you... but I don't think you're going to be able to convince the horses to go broody.

Even if she did the horses would probably crush the eggs.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

@Dawnclucks22 I am a catholic too and I love chickens.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Every day is a day for learning

Taunte and threadless jewelry, some of the new things we learned today

oh and sex wax!!!

 

[Morrigan]

This thread may not be at balut-warp speed yet, but it's getting close!

I, too, have hatch envy. I'm staring daggers at my poor hens, hoping to see one start clucking and camping out in the nest box. My rooster is feeling it too. Today I saw him sitting in front of a nest box with several eggs in it making clucking sounds and trying to call the hens back in. He may love broody hens even more than I do.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

This thread may not be at balut-warp speed yet, but it's getting close!

I, too, have hatch envy. I'm staring daggers at my poor hens, hoping to see one start clucking and camping out in the nest box. My rooster is feeling it too. Today I saw him sitting in front of a nest box with several eggs in it making clucking sounds and trying to call the hens back in. He may love broody hens even more than I do.

So you get to hatch your own eggs, now I have something else to envy.

 

[Morrigan]

So you get to hatch your own eggs, now I have something else to envy.

All of my past hatches have been my "own" eggs, but this year I'm going to go for some shipped eggs. I love my rooster and he is great in every aspect except that his genetics are flawed. As long as he breeds with an unrelated hen, his offspring are OK -- although even there I get about 10% with some type birth defect. But the offspring of a Duke to daughter mix is bad news. So, I need some new blood in the flock. I think I'm going to order from Pappa's poultry out of Redding. He's got some nice looking orpingtons and marans.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

yes, I had gotten some pullets, when i was keeping an illegal roo for the same reason.

 

[Morrigan]

yes, I had gotten some pullets, when i was keeping an illegal roo for the same reason.

I'm glad a can keep a legal roo. Many of my neighbors have them as well, and I love hearing different crows off in the distance.

My dilemma is going to be if I hatch out a gorgeous orpington or maran too. I'm not ready to let Duke go, for all his bad genes.

 

[Kiki]

Taunte = Aunt in french

ETA: this term is still used here, as in my friend's sister is Taunte Sue to her nieces

YES that word.
We use it too, I've just never had to spell it!

 

[featherhead007]

oh and sex wax!!!

Thank you!