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jerryse said:
Leave eggs in her nest . Natures way is for a hen to lay a clutch of eggs and then go broody .
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The other thing I have heard is have a bunch of chicks in the area, the sound is suppose to bring on the mommy hormones.

Also I think fake eggs will help too. They become broody by the chest feathers being stimulated by eggs under them... Or bring them here, last year I had no broodies until July. This year everyone wants to go broody.
 
duluthralphie said:
BTW the first one crapped on me, and managed to go so that it went between my tee shirt and my coveralls ( grandpa pants) it rolled. slid and went all the way down my leg to my socks...It was fun! I left the clothes next to the washer for Judy to wash. (hey, it's her job!!!)..


After I moved those I went to collect eggs from the Guinea Gulag. I have a barrel in there also. I found the nest egg 5' in front of the barrel, All the chips were scraped out and there was just one egg in the next. I went on an egg hunt then, I found a hen in a corner setting on a nest. She had 4 eggs under her. BUT to see those eggs I had to wrassle the hen. She hissed, slapped at me, puffed up. jumped at my feet, and hit me with her wings. I think she is almost broody too.

I did hear her say she wanted to live with Porter though...
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That is so funny! I can probably get you a hazmat "bunny" suit if you feel that would help eliminate any future poop.....issues.

I'm glad you survived the slapping, puffing, jumping, and hitting. I was worried for a second.




Violetsfeathers said:
Thanks, I like certain colors but I like Cochins more. Were they bantams?
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I'm pretty sure, yes. I'm heading back there Friday and can take a look for you. You could always give them a call, too, if you'd like to know sooner than later. I can't rave enough about the folks that work there. I love chatting with them.
 
I am a North Dakotan, but someone came on the North Dakota Site and said I could come here and chat with everyone.
I live on a 17 acre farm raising chickens and beekeeping.
Does anyone else have bees and collect honey?
 
chickenlover292 said:
I am a North Dakotan, but someone came on the North Dakota Site and said I could come here and chat with everyone.
I live on a 17 acre farm raising chickens and beekeeping.
Does anyone else have bees and collect honey?
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Hi Chickenlover. Welcome to our thread. We are Minnesota Nice and Minnesota Friendly. Those dudes and dudess on this thread have always been kind to me even through my questions . . . . LOL

So will you be sending chicks or eggs with the same balloon coming our direction?

There are a couple of us that have expressed an interest in bees. I have not started a hive but have progressed from thinking about it to pricing them and reading a little here and there about hives. I think next year for me as this will be my second year of having chickens and I need to compare the first to a second and then move forward.

Have a good rainy days Chickeners. It is a nice rain and is warm here in the banana belt - at least I thought so. And I did sleep in later than usual. Hmmmm. I wonder why that was - LOL.
 
We need rain here!! The pasture and alfalfa field are starting to grow and with a little warm rain that stuff will shoot up.
 
Ralphie ignore caychris comments on the white sports . They are simply recessive . No mystery . I chose not to comment on that thread . I think he prefers a mystery .
 

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