Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Mother of Chaos]

ENC

this kind of abbreviations really need an explanation or whatever planation.

Pretty sure that it stands for Eastern North Carolina, which she had just referred to. That includes the Sandhills, Tidewater and coastal capes, and the Outer Banks islands.

 

[SimpleJenn]

I'm interested in the idea of letting broodies sit in the autumn, since that's when the dampwood termites here have their nuptial flights. Apparently in the wild, red junglefowl will time their reproduction to line up with termite flights, so it might be a cool thing to try. I've never had a hen brood in the fall, so I'm curious if anyone here has experiences with this they'd like to share.

I had a hen hatch a brood two weeks ago. Everything went smoothly. I was worried about the temperatures dropping but the hen did a wonderful job with them.