Sneaky Hen Stole an Egg

[Ann With A Plan]

I know it's natural behavior, but it was so funny to watch! I had to share. I'm trying out a new set up that I was thinking of enclosing and hanging from the lower side there. I dismantled it from the back end of the coop because it was too high and the Wyandottes that got picked on kept sleeping in them. I also lowered the bars and made it so I can just lift them out so I can get back there to clean all the poop off the metal wall. Anyway, enjoy.

 

[JedJackson]

Mmm hmm, she's sneaky alright. It's funny how they want all the eggs even if they have no intention of going broody.

 

[Ann With A Plan]

Mmm hmm, she's sneaky alright. It's funny how they want all the eggs even if they have no intention of going broody.

Right! It's only bee one of the Wyandottes that has gone broody.

 

[JedJackson]

Right! It's only bee one of the Wyandottes that has gone broody.

Hopefully that blue hen isn't practicing for it.

 

[Ann With A Plan]

Hopefully that blue hen isn't practicing for it.

That's my gray sex link.

 

[JedJackson]

That's my gray sex link.

She is big and healthy. Bet she's a good layer, too.

 

[Ann With A Plan]

She is big and healthy. Bet she's a good layer, too.

I don't remember which eggs she lays, but most of them give us some big ones. A Barred Rock laid the big white one she took. I get some the size of duck eggs, too. When they first started laying the giant eggs, most were double yolkers. But after that they've just been BIG. I also put the cam in there so we could see who laid what (my 94 yr old mother likes to watch the coops and runs on her ipad on the other side of the country). :