I bought Chipmunk out of the assorted bantam box at TCS last year... she was a cute lil chickie and shes grown to be a beautiful and sweet (when you can catch her) lil hen who has been hiddin her eggs in a secret nest in the neighbors pasture! I noticed she was missing last night when I locked the flock up and to be honest I dont know how many nights she hasnt come home to roost, cause sometimes my Ds11 locks the flock up. When I realized she was missing last night I was very sad cause I thought something happened to her. So this morning when I went to feed/water the flock I seen her come walkin up, I sat out there and watched her til she was done eattin and watch her walk to the thicket in the our neighbors pasture and she never came back out. Thats when I knew she's broody with a hidden nest! The neighbors got her and her eggs for me (8 of them), and I made her a nice dark spot in the coop, shes back on her nest. I'm going to candle some tonight to see whats going on...........
To Be Continued...
I have a little broody hen, too, who wants to set. Only problem is I lost my rooster a couple months ago and haven't replaced him yet ;) I'll be watching for your update!
ReplyDeleteOoh, good luck to her!! I moved my broody again. The eggs were duds because she got off them in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteSad News Guys... I went ahead and candled the eggs today, had alot of yolkers and blood rings... I think she got off them too much, she DID NOT like being caged off, so I guess if where ever she lays her nest I'll just leave it!
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