Laree's "I CAN'T STOP MYSELF FROM HATCHING!!!" Hatch-a-long

[LarryPQ]

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Yesssssssssssssss this is what I'm talking about! I tried to tell my boyfriend how to shake the girls down before bed the past few nights when I've been in a controlled substance combined with virus combined with migraine induced coma.

He didn't understand how those sweet faced (maybe he was the one taking the drugs cause they sure aren't sweet to me) broody girls can smuggle all kinds of egg related contraband!

I've moved all 4 of them now to protected quarters so no more RIR trying to lay an egg on top of a broody hen in a nest box. I hope not anyway. This open nest box phenomena will probably be extinct tomorrow with a new set of broodies to replace these 4. The only good news about our crappy rainy weather that we've had for 10 days now (and predicted for 9 of the next 10 days, but who's counting?!) is maybe the lack of sun will stop the hormones! The only thing not broody around these parts is ME!

The DH and I built a new nesting box rack, 4 boxes*** Monday, for about $2.50. I am going to move the box out to the quarantine pen, and move the broodies tonight one they zombify.

If am lucky, they'll break. If not, I'll have broodies to hatch some the Icelandics coming from Warden.



***My DH is a contractor, and had no idea you could get scrap wood at home depot for $.50 a stick---it's all pre-cut from previous customers. Perfect for da ladies who HATE pulling out the table saw.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Seems like everyone is broody. Gold laced wyandotte and phoenix and mixed banty hen hatched eggs this month. Sitting on eggs now is cuckoo marans, barred rock, buff orphington and jersey giant. Speckled Sussex keeps going on and off a nest so she's not trusted with eggs.

Barred Rock? Really? I cant imagine my BR's sitting on eggs. Mine are such spazzes. Such attitude! I walk in to check for eggs and the same hen every time, pecks me real hard on the knee or butt. You laugh, but it really hurts. That is the only time I feel the desire to drop kick a chicken. I just curse at her instead.

I hate the barred rocks I will never get them again. Both are nasty biters and then look at you like whaaaat when they bite

 

[Justuschicks]

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Yesssssssssssssss this is what I'm talking about! I tried to tell my boyfriend how to shake the girls down before bed the past few nights when I've been in a controlled substance combined with virus combined with migraine induced coma.

He didn't understand how those sweet faced (maybe he was the one taking the drugs cause they sure aren't sweet to me) broody girls can smuggle all kinds of egg related contraband!

I've moved all 4 of them now to protected quarters so no more RIR trying to lay an egg on top of a broody hen in a nest box. I hope not anyway. This open nest box phenomena will probably be extinct tomorrow with a new set of broodies to replace these 4. The only good news about our crappy rainy weather that we've had for 10 days now (and predicted for 9 of the next 10 days, but who's counting?!) is maybe the lack of sun will stop the hormones! The only thing not broody around these parts is ME!

The DH and I built a new nesting box rack, 4 boxes*** Monday, for about $2.50. I am going to move the box out to the quarantine pen, and move the broodies tonight one they zombify.

If am lucky, they'll break. If not, I'll have broodies to hatch some the Icelandics coming from Warden.



***My DH is a contractor, and had no idea you could get scrap wood at home depot for $.50 a stick---it's all pre-cut from previous customers. Perfect for da ladies who HATE pulling out the table saw.

Really? I wonder if Lowes does that too. I was thinking of going dumpster diving at a construction site this weekend. Lots of good stuff like wood, roofing....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Yesssssssssssssss this is what I'm talking about! I tried to tell my boyfriend how to shake the girls down before bed the past few nights when I've been in a controlled substance combined with virus combined with migraine induced coma.

He didn't understand how those sweet faced (maybe he was the one taking the drugs cause they sure aren't sweet to me) broody girls can smuggle all kinds of egg related contraband!

I've moved all 4 of them now to protected quarters so no more RIR trying to lay an egg on top of a broody hen in a nest box. I hope not anyway. This open nest box phenomena will probably be extinct tomorrow with a new set of broodies to replace these 4. The only good news about our crappy rainy weather that we've had for 10 days now (and predicted for 9 of the next 10 days, but who's counting?!) is maybe the lack of sun will stop the hormones! The only thing not broody around these parts is ME!

The DH and I built a new nesting box rack, 4 boxes*** Monday, for about $2.50. I am going to move the box out to the quarantine pen, and move the broodies tonight one they zombify.

If am lucky, they'll break. If not, I'll have broodies to hatch some the Icelandics coming from Warden.



***My DH is a contractor, and had no idea you could get scrap wood at home depot for $.50 a stick---it's all pre-cut from previous customers. Perfect for da ladies who HATE pulling out the table saw.

Table saw is easy but I'm bad with the powered impact driver. Boyfriend is fabulous at building things so it was good he got to see the no vacancies sign in the nestboxes so I might get more this week. He wasn't even visibly upset with the broody stash in addition to the incubator...

 

[Justuschicks]

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Yesssssssssssssss this is what I'm talking about! I tried to tell my boyfriend how to shake the girls down before bed the past few nights when I've been in a controlled substance combined with virus combined with migraine induced coma.

He didn't understand how those sweet faced (maybe he was the one taking the drugs cause they sure aren't sweet to me) broody girls can smuggle all kinds of egg related contraband!

I've moved all 4 of them now to protected quarters so no more RIR trying to lay an egg on top of a broody hen in a nest box. I hope not anyway. This open nest box phenomena will probably be extinct tomorrow with a new set of broodies to replace these 4. The only good news about our crappy rainy weather that we've had for 10 days now (and predicted for 9 of the next 10 days, but who's counting?!) is maybe the lack of sun will stop the hormones! The only thing not broody around these parts is ME!

Just when I start feeling broody one of my 3 darn kids comes screaming thru the house....well that takes care of that! I think that is why I am broody for eggs. I am the one smuggling eggs, not the chickens. Every time I open the nesting box and fine an egg, you would think I had struck gold. Can have lots of babies w/ out all the labor and spit up.

 

[LarryPQ]

HD keeps in on a rack back by the saw they use for customers.

The smaller pieces (think 1 by 2 for chair legs) is usually free.

 

[LarryPQ]

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USING a table saw is easy. Moving all the crap out of the way to pull it out so I can use it, finding an extenstion cord, and putting it back so the DH doesn't feel his manhood infringed on is the real issue.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I haven't checked for the evening yet, but last night's count was 16 broody chickens, 4 broody ducks, and 1 broody goose. I believe one of my japanese hens is considering the idea, she was sure doing an awful lot of clucking this morning. So if she's broody too that will make 17

Plus I've got 2 pairs of pigeons on eggs, 1 pair of doves on eggs, and 1 pair of doves with 2 babies in the nest

 

[Justuschicks]

This is what I came home to yesterday. Apparently my husband doesn't know what a napkin is, doesn't know that onesies are supposed to be snapped and not worn as a shirt with "tails" and poor little guy had a pair of pants that clearly don't fit him...but did daddy bother to find a pair that did fit???? No, he just rolled the waist. Oh, and did I mention that the kids got some chocolate?

 

[NellaBean]

Came home to the first new babies under the broody. 2 have hatched, still have a bunch of eggs under there but they were staggered.