Rare, mythical creature in my poultry pen (broody white leghorn).

[lazy gardener]

When/if I place a hatchery order, I do so with the specific intent of choosing birds that will produce a sex linked bird with a small comb. Yet, the idea of hatching an egg from the store is intriguing to me. If I did so, I would either keep the resulting chicks, or rehome them based on the outcome. An other intriguing possibility would be to purchase duck eggs simply to have the experience of hatching them. Have had ducks in the past. Love their personalities, hate their mess, so won't have them again. Any ducks hatched would therefore be rehomed.

 

[Redhead Rae]

So, an update. She was my star broody of the year. She was watching over those babies until about 2 weeks ago. I'm glad I kept her.

 

[aart]

Wow, 4 month old chicks is a long time!
I enjoyed reading back over this story.

 

[Redhead Rae]

So, we moved the chickens from the pasture into their winter coop in my parent's garage (next door to my house) and their run is our fenced garden. 2 weeks ago, I sent the 4 Chocolate cockerels to prepped for freezer camp because I decided to discontinue breeding chocolates. I kept the 2 pullets that were raised by the broody leghorn. This morning I noticed that the leghorn is still kinda sorta being mom-like to the two pullets. She was out foraging with them earlier today. They aren't always near her, but one or the other of them is often close to Mama. They are almost 5 months old now. I'm glad I kept her and let her raise the babies.