ode to the broody

[joebryant]

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You might want to put those babies under her tonight to see if she'll think they're hers and raise them for you.

 

[math ace]

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Do you think she might hurt them? They are kinda frisky now that they are a couple of weeks old. They are going on 3 weeks now.

The silly girl was sitting on a golf ball again today.

In the next door nest was the three EE eggs I left for her.

 

[neuchicontheblock]

We took the three eggs that were left (I think the other 2 were eaten) and they weren't fertile at all. But all three went right back to the nesting box as soon as I put them down. Questions now:

I can separate these hens from the common coop but I have only one coop available. Should I put all three in there and give them some Americauna eggs to sit on?

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Should I take just the one that wass the fiercest brooder?

or:

Take the first hen that was sitting?

or:

Take her and her sister?

or: Just leave all three in the common coop and take any eggs they may lay?

This is harder than I thought.