MJ's little flock

[Rain the house chicken]

My dad wanted a girl with the nick name mj. But both my mom and dad did not like mary Jane. So the went with my first name that starts with m and my middle name that starts with j.

 

[BY Bob]

My dad wanted a girl with the nick name mj. But both my mom and dad did not like mary Jane. So the went with my first name that starts with m and my middle name that starts with j.

Was he a spiderman fan? 🕸

 

[MaryJanet]

Bye Pegsy!

So that was roughly 40 minutes off the nest.

 

[Rain the house chicken]

I not sure. I might ask him. But probably.

 

[MaryJanet]

I have no knowledge on the matter MJ. I've never known a broody hen without eggs.

I keep forgetting that. Sorry.

 

[Shadrach]

I keep forgetting that. Sorry.

No apologies necessary. Most people take any eggs they find at nest sites. I didn't. I almost always just took what I needed that day so there was always a nest with eggs in it. So the tribes were unusual in this respect and I guess me to.
My Uncle is to blame. He would often tell me never to take all the eggs from the free rangers when I found a nest. His view was that hens would keep laying at the same nest site.
It doesn't quite work out that simply ime but it works for a time.

 

[MaryJanet]

No apologies necessary. Most people take any eggs they find at nest sites. I didn't. I almost always just took what I needed that day so there was always a nest with eggs in it. So the tribes were unusual in this respect and I guess me to.
My Uncle is to blame. He would often tell me never to take all the eggs from the free rangers when I found a nest. His view was that hens would keep laying at the same nest site.
It doesn't quite work out that simply ime but it works for a time.

Did he have many broodies and hatches?

 

[Shadrach]

Did he have many broodies and hatches?

A few each year. He lost a few each year to predators and the new replaced the old, as it does.

 

[MaryJanet]

A few each year. He lost a few each year to predators and the new replaced the old, as it does.

Even my little flock would have at least tripled if each broody had hatched a clutch.

It's been fascinating watching Peggy flourish in this new role. I must find a way to accommodate regular hatches so each hen gets to do it. I'm sure I could give away excess hens to good homes around the neighbourhood.

 

[Shadrach]

Even my little flock would have at least tripled if each broody had hatched a clutch.

It's been fascinating watching Peggy flourish in this new role. I must find a way to accommodate regular hatches so each hen gets to do it. I'm sure I could give away excess hens to good homes around the neighbourhood.

Puts a rather different perspective on that rarely understood saying about letting chickens carry out their natural behaviour doesn't it.
To get the full picture you would need a rooster. It all changes then.