Goldie finally listened to her hormones and sat on a nest a week ago. She's been holding tight ever since. But even a broody hen needs a drink of water and a bite to eat every once in a while. This morning she hopped off the nest while I was visiting, so I got a few photos.
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She had a few deep drinks of water.
Then a quick bite with Rooster to bring her energy back up.
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While she was out of the nest, Maria stepped in to keep the eggs warm. Unfortunately one of the five incubating eggs broke -- not sure if it was Goldie or Maria who broke it. That made Maria hop back out of the nest. It didn't appear that the broken egg had a chick growing. I cleaned up the nest and put in fresh straw so that Goldie could return to a fresh bed.
Stay tuned. I figure another two weeks or so. By the end of July we should have the pitter patter of little chicks!
1 comment:
We are now down to 2 elderly hens and 1 roo.
Good luck with getting some chicks.
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