The Front Porch Swing

[heartsizedfarm]

***Okay, don't kick me off the porch but here's an update on the funky eggs I thought my broody laid. There is a possibility that those eggs were moved from a nest across the pen. Now how they might have done that I don't know, but some eggs from that nest are missing too. They are similar enough to the eggs that the hen lays that I could have been dead wrong ...it is possible. So what goes on in a chicken coop when I'm not looking, I probably don't want to know! But just wanted you guy to know that those eggs could have come from a nest that another hen was sitting on.

I've heard stories on this forum about hens carrying their eggs under their wings. Hard to imagine really, but this person actually witnessed it.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I've heard stories on this forum about hens carrying their eggs under their wings. Hard to imagine really, but this person actually witnessed it.

That's what I would guess. My hens have carted both eggs and chicks in their wings. Not necessarily when walking that I've noticed. But certainly when I'm trying to move a bird off a nest ...

 

[Triple Willow]

But it's weird that a hen with chicks 3-5 days old would steal eggs from another broody. And that hen had left about 8 eggs on her own nest that didn't hatch. Heck if I know!!

 

[Triple Willow]

But I'm with y'all, it's a whole lot easier to believe that they were moved than that they were hatched in that condition!

 

[Oldmomma]

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-27796839 sorry ive been busy today, wedding party started yesterday and this morning a young man in the family died during the night. I think its a relative who was in a serious car accident just after my son died. His shoulder was damaged badly and I think it finally took its toll. The link I posted is from a news group who did an article about positive thoughts that are being posted on twitter by everyday Libyans about what they see is beautiful about their country. Be back in few days everyone.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

But it's weird that a hen with chicks 3-5 days old would steal eggs from another broody. And that hen had left about 8 eggs on her own nest that didn't hatch. Heck if I know!!

The broody with the unhatched eggs could have inadvertently lifted them when she got up for her daily constitutional. Then settled on the wrong nest with them and put them down ...that seems the simplest solution. Broodies get lost ALL the time here unless they are confined.

 

[lazy gardener]

Re: the mystery of the ballut (? sp.): Who knows what lurks in the minds and hearts of our hens!

 

[lazy gardener]

Blooie: I continue to uphold Kendra in my prayers.

I ask for continued prayer for my Hubby. Surgery on his back scheduled for tomorrow. Thanks in advance.

 

[Triple Willow]

The broody with the unhatched eggs could have inadvertently lifted them when she got up for her daily constitutional. Then settled on the wrong nest with them and put them down ...that seems the simplest solution. Broodies get lost ALL the time here unless they are confined.

That's possible but they were found on the floor in the same spot each time. But I have had a hen drop an egg out from under a wing when picked up. Beats me...???

 

[rrrmamma]

Ladies and Gents of the Porch.

I stand corrected.. Sorry to any of the gentlemen I omitted.