Redinator's First Hatch-Along

[redinator]

Just checked on my broody girl too. I put a feeder and waterer in the hen house. She whined a bit about being disturbed, but seems fine otherwise.

I just thought about this: Will my other layer still go in and lay, or will she find another spot?

 

[ella2025]

Just checked on my broody girl too. I put a feeder and waterer in the hen house. She whined a bit about being disturbed, but seems fine otherwise.

I just thought about this: Will my other layer still go in and lay, or will she find another spot?

I think she will still lay in that box if that's her usual spot. As long as the eggs Broody is sitting on are marked, you can just collect the new eggies. Go Wok, Snicker and Doodle!

 

[redinator]

I think she will still lay in that box if that's her usual spot. As long as the eggs Broody is sitting on are marked, you can just collect the new eggies. Go Wok, Snicker and Doodle!

They aren't marked. I'll fix that in a minute.

 

[redinator]

So let's see . . . I have 5 and 6 week old chicks I'm still working on integrating (the RIR are making this difficult), a broody sitting on eggs, eggs in the incubator and a new run to build to accommodate the new chicks.

I love this

 

[redinator]

I went to check on Sweety and mark her eggs. She has 5 under her and she didn't even peck me . She got off the nest for about 10 minutes to eat, drink and throttle a few pullets, then went back to sitting.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Any of you ever have a day where a simple task, like cleaning up the brooding area, turns into a full blown 'empty the entire room and clean everything' kind of day?

Today. Today is that day.

 

[redinator]

Today's weather: 89 degrees and sunny, 78% humidity and I need to build a run. Yes, I'm stalling, it's friggin hot out there, lol.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Today's weather: 89 degrees and sunny, 78% humidity and I need to build a run. Yes, I'm stalling, it's friggin hot out there, lol.

So. Hot. 92 and 72% humidity here, so very close to your weather. It's like walking into a sauna.

 

[redinator]

So. Hot. 92 and 72% humidity here, so very close to your weather. It's like walking into a sauna.

Even in the shade with a breeze I sweat buckets. It's nuts.

That reminds me I need to cut up some watermelon for the chickens.