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[BullChick]

Ponders good morning one and all!

The temperature is 61 and mostly cloudy.

I have a Barred Rock that sits on the nest all day.

She is puffed up like a toad and grumbles at me when I take the eggs.

I DO NOT have a rooster.

Have a great day!

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Then you should get fertile eggs or buy chicks in a few weeks.

 

[bobbi-j]

Ponders good morning one and all!

The temperature is 61 and mostly cloudy.

I have a Barred Rock that sits on the nest all day.

She is puffed up like a toad and grumbles at me when I take the eggs.

I DO NOT have a rooster.

Have a great day!

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I do not have a rooster, either. That’s why I’m hoping to put purchased babies under mine.

 

[bobbi-j]

Completely depends on the broody.

Sigh. Yeah, I’ve waited out broodies who leave the nest on Day 21, and I’ve had them sit on nothing for well past 21 days. At least I have a little time to figure it out.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Then you should get fertile eggs or buy chicks in a few weeks.

I've thought about putting the faux eggs out for her.

 

[sourland]

I've thought about putting the faux eggs out for her.

Better to break her unless you want to foster chicks to her.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Better to break her unless you want to foster chicks to her.

How do I break her?

 

[sourland]

How do I break her?

Lock her away from the nest site. Most use a cage of some sort to accomplish this as setting/brooding can be debilitating.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Pond folks still wet here. 7 eggs dies unknown reason but 1 still zipped .. Have the 9 from my little incubator due easter all in the big incubator now.

I have large collection of dog crates hard sided and exhibition type.

 

[chickisoup]

@Alaskan the one on the right is my Orp pullet that just laid her first egg. The one on the left is my normal sized 5 yr old Buff Orp.
ETA: forgot to mention that this is a pic of the smaller "pullet".

Sorry for the bad pic. I was trying to get a good shot of the one I only got half of so you could see the unusual feathering on her back but at least you can tell on the bottom one how they have black faces and underlaying. Their "Buff" is still a bit muddy but it is getting brighter. I haven't tried to weigh them yet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Does she have wound there ?