Why girls? Why?

[Patches The Hen]

I followed one of my Cuckoo Marans hens today and found a nest that she had made in a bunch grass. There were Leghorn eggs, Marans eggs, and D'Uccle eggs in it. I was wondering why I wasn't getting enough eggs for the number of hens I have! Now, they are in lock down, no free-ranging for a few days. Or until they establish that they have to lay in the coop. They have plenty of leaves to dig through in their pen anyway.

 

[Meadowland]

Oh no. But so interesting that they behave that way. Are they chick or no-chick? Will you let her hatch them?

 

[Patches The Hen]

They are fertilized, but they were freezing each night since she wasn't broody and setting on them yet.

I had to throw them away

And since the nest was out in the pasture and there are foxes, skunks, and cats running around, I don't think it would've been a safe place for her to hatch them anyway.
I'll be perfectly happy if the goes brody in the safe coop though