Farmin Armen
Chirping
- Jun 23, 2021
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Hi Everyone - Farmin' Armen here!
This afternoon, I was outside with my kiddo tending to the hens when we saw a broody jump off to get a drink/or stretch their legs... another non-broody came into the nesting box, looked at the eggs, and nested on top of them. It was almost as if to keep the eggs warm while broody was taking a break. Later I come to find that broody is back in the nesting box, nesting. So, do other members of the flock naturally pitch in to help? Or was this a curious hen and later kicked off?
FYI, I'm going to separate broody from the flock tonight.
This afternoon, I was outside with my kiddo tending to the hens when we saw a broody jump off to get a drink/or stretch their legs... another non-broody came into the nesting box, looked at the eggs, and nested on top of them. It was almost as if to keep the eggs warm while broody was taking a break. Later I come to find that broody is back in the nesting box, nesting. So, do other members of the flock naturally pitch in to help? Or was this a curious hen and later kicked off?
FYI, I'm going to separate broody from the flock tonight.