Musical Broody Hens?!

[little_grey_bantam]

I figured this was a funny store to tell...

Last year I had three broody hens... my Rhode Island Red Bantam/Red Jungle Fowl, my Silkie and my Black Australorp.
Everyday I'd go in, check eggs and I'd look at the girls... one day I noticed two hens were switched...
The next day, two more hens switched...
By the end of the week, the hens were on different nests!?!?

At about 2 weeks, one of the hens quit, decided she's tired of this musical dancing deal...
AND THEN, she comes back in and tries to fight the other hens for their nests...

I think in the end, they all quawked at each other and only one hen hatched out her eggs... a measly 3 LOL
Edit: which by the way, all HENS fought over the 3 chicks and at one point, I tried to share chicks LOL those chicks didn't like Musical Mama

LOL and ran back to mom LOL
I guess playing musical broody hens was no fun

I can tell you that I tried to give them their own pen, only to have them jump off the eggs and walk towards the house or not sit on the eggs and make a fit.
Sigh, silly silly SILLY hens.

Now I want them to sit on eggs... : / And no one will... LOL
It just makes me chuckle to think of how when I wanted hens to go broody, I had 3... where are them broodies now????

 

[chocolate m'scovy]

Hens don't believe in following rules. I just wait for them to brood and enjoy watching them!

 

[mulia24]

thanks for sharing.

the solution is incubator i think. a home made one will done well.