Polish Hen's brood 2021

[MClean417]

 

[MClean417]

Here's Edward working on his crow.

 

[MClean417]

It's been about two weeks, my babygirls are laying (about the only ones) little tan or blue eggs. Here's a picture with a store bought Grade A large (no eggs at Thanksgiving time) and a couple of last years Easter eggers blue eggs for reference. Sadly, the momma went missing then came back the next day and then went missing and has not been back, presumably she was broody last month and tried setting up a nest somewhere else and was found by something besides us. She was a good mom.

 

[hammyanne]

Reviving this thread, which has given me hope for my broody Polish! I thought she was just being dramatic these last few days but she's gone full raptor mode, screeching at me and the other hens. We had a few false starts where I'd find her parked in a nesting box for a few hours, then see her wandering in the yard. Today she spent most of the day in the nest box, so I let her have a few eggs—the only issue is that I re-homed my rooster about 8 days ago, so I have to confirm viability . We'll see!