We lost our dearly beloved Rooster Anthony on Good Friday... It broke our hearts. His mate, Alice, a bantam cochin, went broody the day before he passed away. She's sitting on three eggs. We've never hatched our own hen's eggs and we've never incubated. I know the cycle is about 21 days. We've had some unseasonably hot weather here and in the daytime I have a hardware cloth screen window right near where she sits so she gets a nice breeze. I have a rain sprinkler that I douse the coop (not anywhere near her) and her run so she gets a nice cool draft blowing to ease the temps...
We're so excited. We're hoping for a clone of Anthony but will be glad to have anything that is healthy... Here's a shot of the pair in better days. Any advice ?? We're just letting Alice do her thing. Thank God the high temps will break today and be more Spring like... Any guess on what they might look like ?? LOL She laid one egg on Wednesday, one on Thursday and one on Good Friday... (i.e.: May 9-11)
We're so excited. We're hoping for a clone of Anthony but will be glad to have anything that is healthy... Here's a shot of the pair in better days. Any advice ?? We're just letting Alice do her thing. Thank God the high temps will break today and be more Spring like... Any guess on what they might look like ?? LOL She laid one egg on Wednesday, one on Thursday and one on Good Friday... (i.e.: May 9-11)

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