We got ourselves a broody :)

[emptynester]

Now granted not everyone is happy about a broody, for me it's a mixed bag. On the one hand as she is our first broody, I am a little excited to see what will happen. I mean let's face it, what in the world is cuter than baby chicks??!! The broody is sitting on 9 or 10 eggs and has been for 5 days now.
On the other hand, I already have 16 twelve week old chicks , 5 more in the brooder and I just dropped off a dozen eggs to a friend who is incubating them for me. Wonder how hard it's going to be to convince my husband we need a 3rd coop.....

 

[chick4smiles]

If you learn any tricks about getting an extra coop out of a "dear partner"...lemme know!
I just informed mine yesterday that the next round of incubation will likely involve a full incubator (42 eggs, some from our flock and some purchased from a local friend)...I believe the comment I got back had something to do with "meat in the freezer is like money in the bank".

Luckily, he loves to build things, so it probably won't take much convincing to keep a few more than originally intended!
He would love a broody! Let nature do all the work!
Enjoy!

 

[darkmatter]