Happily catching ants, scared by big noises and they come running up and get underneath me like I'm a hen
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Happily catching ants, scared by big noises and they come running up and get underneath me like I'm a hen
I have no room in my house, no garage, no place inside for brooding. It's one reason I went with outside brooding last year.I have them in a large cardboard box at my office. I would put them in my small coop but I have eggs in the incubator and I'm hoping to put everybody in together if any hatch, so I'm just going to keep them down there until hopefully that happens. They have a heat plate, and I use puppy pads for bedding.
Oh, and Rahab doesn't take from any other member of the flock. Tamar is low girl in the pecking order.I have no room in my house, no garage, no place inside for brooding. It's one reason I went with outside brooding last year.
The main reason I would prefer a broody finish the job is that I cannot squat or kneel without difficulty, pain, and getting down on the ground to reach inside the brooder is a major challenge. It was great that Martha handled all the details this time.
I think Rahab will get first dibs on any incubator eggs that hatch, as Tamar isn't consistent about sitting on all the eggs. She's big enough to cover all six, but sloppy about doing it. Today she'd allowed one to roll away and cool down, again. Rahab has been sitting on the faux eggs for about a week, has the glassy-eyed stare down pat, and seems to be devoting herself wholly to The Cause
Fingers crossed for you! I have a very low broody rate out of all my girls, so hoping I get a couple more reliable from my hatches this year...Oh, and Rahab doesn't take from any other member of the flock. Tamar is low girl in the pecking order.
We'll see, if any hatch successfully.
Where there's a will...My sister went to set up her brooder the other day, looked inside and found this:
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25 eggs!
She had it covered but there was a little 4x4 opening top and this little girl could squeak in.
She candled and didn't see any development. So she gave her the warmest 10 and took the rest away.