We have a little black hen....OK...she's a BIG black hen. Resembles a Jersey Giant. Now, we got rid of our last rooster because he was so mean and attacked Marcus real bad. Marcus really enjoyed supper that night...hee hee hee...
So, naturally, now that the rooster is out of her system, she goes broody...sigh...
While all the other girls are perfectly happy peeking
And walking around,
Delta is so broody, she won't get up, even when the other hens try to lay next to here. Hey Goldy-there's like, 20 other nest boxes...do you need a map?
And in case you couldn't tell from the above picture, broody hens are NOT happy hens. Long story short, we decided to go beg from our neighbor Ray for some fertile eggs.
Which we got.
We then walked the 3/4 mile back home with said eggs.
Armed ourselves with anti-pecking armor (two socks)
And made an unhappy hen VERY angry as I took the "dead" eggs out, and put the good eggs in.
That is a very mad hen.
Anyway, she just started last night, so here's hoping we have chicks in 21 days! I'll let you know the outcome.
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