Last year, my silky hens shared, both the nest and the chicks. It was all one big happy family out there and was impossible to tell which chick belonged to what hen.Talk to me a out hens that share a nest. Taron moved 2 broody girls into a large coop with 2 boxes of eggs. Both hens are on the same nest. Eggs should hatch in 2 days. Wondering if they will share them or if the alpha hen will take all the babies for herself.
We took the other eggs & put in the hatcher & can always offer those babies to them.
Broody hens make great mommas, but man are they full of headache & dramma!!!!!!
Today I am going to try & knock out a small batch of goat milk soap before heading to town. Figure I will go to Lowes & Home Depot & stare at the lighting selections until it is all a blur. Outlets were easy for us we agreed to place outlets every 4-6ft depending on the wall. Just struggling to pick out the recessed light & placements. Also torn on how much function a ceiling fan provides. The air guy says he doenst have a single fan in his house, but don't they help move air? Going to visit a few lighting stores in Dallas in 2 wks, maybe they can lay out my lights if I show them the floor plan??? A girl can hope right?
I never saw a squabble over the babies.
I found some really cool light fixtures at the architectural salvage. Of course, I re-wired them, but once they were cleaned up and re-vamped, I have lights that fit my style and have character, and best of all to me, history. I found one copper lantern-type light that had what looks like the ballcock from a toilet between the light and where it wires in to the ceiling. I thought it was odd, but when I started cleaning it up, I discovered that it's actually a spring that lets the light be lowered to change the bulb and then retracts back up. Too cool. I like odd things, though.
Personally, I wouldn't be without ceiling fans. They may not help with the cooling, but they do move the air and keep it from getting stale. I can definitely tell a difference when they aren't on. I have them in every room except the baths and the laundry room.