This is my silver laced cochin- Lacey Bear - she is almost a year old and has been laying eggs since around Dec. Lacey Bear went broody on sat, but only stayed that way for a few hours - she got off her nest and went about her normal day and all day sunday was acting like no big deal --until today she woke up all nice and sweet and loving but when I wento collect eggs this is what I saw
I managed to collect three eggs before almost losing my hand LOL If Lacey Bear stays broody for real this time I will give her back the eggs that were in there and move her to a temp hoop coop ( she does have eggs under her from some of the other girls who already laid today the eggs I got were not all the way under her but I have them in the kitchen waiting to see what she is going to do )
please dont pay attention to the water bowl - it was put in there when she went broody last time I have already cleaned it -- the chicken wire lifts up from the bottom so we can change the water, food and do any cleaning that might be needed
there is a small tote that gives her just enough room to stay nice and cozy the roost can come out to give her more room to walk around
the tarp lifts up all the way so if we need to get to her nest box for whatever reason we can
half of this tarp is fixed in place - but the other half can be folded back to give more sunlight or covered at night or during rain
if Lacey Bear is able to hatch eggs she will stay in here for as long as she wants to be with the babies - and whatever babies hatch can stay in here once Lacey Bear comes out. This will also come in handy for a temp coop for hurt hens, new babies joining the flock, or putting my banty roo in to keep him from over breeding the hens. We can also move this - if DH grabs on end I grab the other and we can " slide" it to a new spot if needed. We might be buliding another one of this in the new banty run we are working on.
Julie
I managed to collect three eggs before almost losing my hand LOL If Lacey Bear stays broody for real this time I will give her back the eggs that were in there and move her to a temp hoop coop ( she does have eggs under her from some of the other girls who already laid today the eggs I got were not all the way under her but I have them in the kitchen waiting to see what she is going to do )
please dont pay attention to the water bowl - it was put in there when she went broody last time I have already cleaned it -- the chicken wire lifts up from the bottom so we can change the water, food and do any cleaning that might be needed
there is a small tote that gives her just enough room to stay nice and cozy the roost can come out to give her more room to walk around
the tarp lifts up all the way so if we need to get to her nest box for whatever reason we can
half of this tarp is fixed in place - but the other half can be folded back to give more sunlight or covered at night or during rain
if Lacey Bear is able to hatch eggs she will stay in here for as long as she wants to be with the babies - and whatever babies hatch can stay in here once Lacey Bear comes out. This will also come in handy for a temp coop for hurt hens, new babies joining the flock, or putting my banty roo in to keep him from over breeding the hens. We can also move this - if DH grabs on end I grab the other and we can " slide" it to a new spot if needed. We might be buliding another one of this in the new banty run we are working on.
Julie
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