My broody Curly, is a dirty birdy.
I thought egg production had been low, but lately it has been way low.
I had given Curly 3 chicks to raise, and she has (sorta) been raising the 10 meaties. They are all in a seperate area, penned off from the rest of the flock--but an occasional hen will break into their area to lay an egg. I have been getting those eggs every day. Or so I thought.
Tiny Curly has been getting off the nest, walking all the way to the other nesting box, and rolling the darn eggs back to her nest. She was sitting on like 10+ regular sized eggs.
AAAAAND I checked the other nesting box, and found Red (the DH's favorite, a RIR) had gone broody in there. She's sitting on what looks like an entire day's worth of eggs. (22ish?)
Crap.
I guess the main flock hens have been pestering the meaties more than I thought. *sigh*
After I finished in the garden, I went and re-did the barrier that is supposed to keep the laying hens out.
Work of a different sort, today.