I had one of my favorite chickens go missing. She's one of a pair of Silver Lakenvelder hens I've had for a couple of years that I got from a hatchery with 30 other chicks. She just disappeared into thin air. I could not figure out where she went but thought maybe a hawk got her. I had been hearing them that same day making hawk cries. She's been known to fly over the fence to be on her own and I had seen her over in the other yard. She's one of our favorites and I was sad she was gone. Then few days later here she is back in the yard. I could not believe my eyes that she was back. I was cleaning up and fixing food for the other chickens and this chicken (her name is Salty) disappeared again! So when my husband got home we went searching the yard for her. It's not a huge yard and it's in the city so not many places for her to be in the yard. She was in the back in some grown up place and had hidden and was sitting on 11 eggs. Out in the yard with the dogs and cats and everything. So there she sits now and I cannot wait to see how this story comes out for her. She's very determined so I have left her to it. She's a grown chicken.
I'm not a stranger to broody hens. I have had two others hatch out some a few weeks ago. I have 3 more that went broody this week. She must have gotten the bug. It's her determination that really surprises me. I was under the impression that this type of chicken rarely goes broody. Now I realize she's been trying to do this for a year. I had found a couple of clutches of eggs a few times where she had hidden them before this time. I already have both my biddy pens full. The timing will be close but I am going to let her hatch these out her way while watching the dogs and cats until I can get them together to get them inside one of them. The dogs and cats don't have a problem with the feathered chickens but they haven't had a chance at the little chicks.
Salty and I are both determined to get this done her way.
I'm not a stranger to broody hens. I have had two others hatch out some a few weeks ago. I have 3 more that went broody this week. She must have gotten the bug. It's her determination that really surprises me. I was under the impression that this type of chicken rarely goes broody. Now I realize she's been trying to do this for a year. I had found a couple of clutches of eggs a few times where she had hidden them before this time. I already have both my biddy pens full. The timing will be close but I am going to let her hatch these out her way while watching the dogs and cats until I can get them together to get them inside one of them. The dogs and cats don't have a problem with the feathered chickens but they haven't had a chance at the little chicks.
Salty and I are both determined to get this done her way.
