Tre3hugger
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
So my girl Fluffy, who was sold to me as a Silver Penciled Rock(?) has been sitting for 10 days now. Figured I would share the experience! This is her a couple months ago right after I got her.
After she went broody I collected 12 eggs over 2 days from my best producing hens and put them under her with a mark on them. I am leaving her in the coop for now, and have been removing her every other day to collect the other eggs the girls have deposited in the nest. Some days all that days eggs are under her, other days the girls use the other boxes, seemingly with no reason. I'm super proud of her and hoping she hatches some work free(for me at least!) chicks. Here she is on the nest.
Poor girl. Her comb is so pale! Mothering seems like hard work already.
After she went broody I collected 12 eggs over 2 days from my best producing hens and put them under her with a mark on them. I am leaving her in the coop for now, and have been removing her every other day to collect the other eggs the girls have deposited in the nest. Some days all that days eggs are under her, other days the girls use the other boxes, seemingly with no reason. I'm super proud of her and hoping she hatches some work free(for me at least!) chicks. Here she is on the nest.
Poor girl. Her comb is so pale! Mothering seems like hard work already.