


I remember when my first birds layed their first eggs. I was so excited I ran across the street to show my neighbor.
I was doomed to have chickens; you enablers and one right across the road. It was baby chicks that did it - helping pull an average of 100 chicks out of incubators and brooders each week, I was helpless to resist. Chicks are so devious.
Another of my Mille Fleur Cochin pullets went broody today. Sneaky girl, I thought I checked her nest every day, but today when I looked, she was flattened out over 6 eggs. She must have been stashing them under the bedding. I added a few more Mille Fleur eggs from other pens to her collection. I have learned that when I think it is hatching time they are often already in broody mode. This year I will use the "Green Incubators" when available.
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