sneaking eggs under a broody

[FrenchHen]

The BO is indeed broody, and the Australorp just gave me the death growl when I moved her.
I have TWO broodies.

 

[Mom2Cool]

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Well the hen I just offered another egg to originally hubby had to move her for me (I always make him do it) so he started by setting up the nest box within a large rabbit hutch thing we have & it was large enough so I could put a food dish & waterer in with her. & he'd put the eggs in the nest box. so he does the move early evening just before they're all going to roost anyway. I was a bit disappointed when I went back & looked to see her sitting in the rabbit hutch *just outside the nexting box where he'd put the egg. Then I looked closer & the egg wasn't where he put it any longer..... His new pad for her she thought ok but she was going to make herself comfortable where SHE wanted to be. And I don't mind saying I've a Austrolorp here too & she's looking at these chicks like "hmmmm interesting" hubby said she made a huge mound of pine shavings in the coop..... how many could go broody at the same time? lol

 

[The Wolf Queen]

FrenchHen wrote: the Australorp just gave me the death growl

. Sorry but now you need to buy a sign that says "Beware of Vicious Attack Chicken" LOL.​

 

[FrenchHen]

Laugh all you want, but those black feathers, hackles and beady eyes are more menacing than the fluffy bum BO.
I could have lost an arm!

 

[Mom2Cool]

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I dunno I imagine the look of my Austrolorp would be worse than the BO but both of the girls that are on nest right now have one pretty wicked looking when they *think* we're about to do something they don't want us to do. That's why I just make hubby do it... LOL I just find it wild how the BO's can go from looking SO sweet to looking possesed...

 

[walkswithdog]

You should hear the broody turkey hiss - omg it's like daring to reach under a dinosaur. She is so going to eat you. And they peck harder.

Glad the broodies are going. How many can go at once? I've seen an entire laying group go at once. All ten chickens. That's the record here back when the only incubators I had WERE broodies.

Fortunately that hasn't happened with this flock, though my only two turkey hens are both broody in the same nest now.

 

[Mom2Cool]

I'm hoping this will be the end of the broodiness for a while...... I swear I'm just going to keep swiping eggs if not. LOL The hens have done the real work but it isn't without worry for me like yesterday when she decided to "take them out for a walk" & I'm thinking "is she doing to let them fall in the pond or will she stay clear of it? I hadn't really wanted them out yesterday & she is in the regular chicken coop but just cornered off with chicken wire so the others can't get to them but yesterday she got all those chicks past that chicken wire barrier to get them out for their walk! I was literally upstairs & just so happened to glance out the window & there shw was in the middle of the back yard lawn with these chicks I had no idea they were even out...... I made hubby put them all back when he got home because I didn't want to be having to look for them in the dark.... I don't know what's going to happen with the eggs under the other girl I'm hoping something hatches for her. If not I've a few in the incubator that are due next Wed. & I might just slip 1 or 2 of them under her after they've hatched.

Then after this I'm hoping to be done with hatchings for a while......

 

[Goose and Fig]

I made hubby put them all back when he got home because I didn't want to be having to look for them in the dark....

Mine just go back in at dusk. The hens know better than to keep the chicks out in the dark. They are such good moms- I love watching them take the chicks around and show them where the bugs are.​

 

[Mom2Cool]

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Mine just go back in at dusk. The hens know better than to keep the chicks out in the dark. They are such good moms- I love watching them take the chicks around and show them where the bugs are.

Thank you I wasn't sure if she would do that or if she'd try to nest them some where else, this is such a new thing you know? I will say though that she is a good mom...

 

[FrenchHen]

I rather unceremoniously pulled her off the next and put her in a tractor with a new nest and two eggs to see what she'd do. She stretched her legs for a bit, then got right in.
That was yesterday. Today I gave her the eggs from the incubator. She growled as I got her off the next, but watched as I kept giving her eggs as if to day "Ohh, thank you. More? Thank you! More? No really, thank you. All these are for me? Wow, thank you!"

Edited because I can't speel worth beens.