Mildly broody

[EmmaDonovan]

No, they don't lay whole brooding. Nor while raising chicks. Nor while molting afterward. Nor during the following winter, lol. I had some beautiful, sweet BO that laid about 8 eggs every spring and that was about it. Every year for three years. Then they made lovely soups and dumplings, lol. I have 2 girls that just went broody. Rather than fight them about it, I gave them two eggs each. They each hatched out one chick.

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I hadn't thought about that, just getting one or two fertilized eggs and letting her hatch them rather than fight the process. Hm. I don't know much about hatching. It might be too hot right now, seems like 100+ temps would be too hard on chicks, they're hard enough on adult hens.

Just went out to do an ice run and egg check. There were two (real) eggs under the broody, she was fine with me taking them. She got up and left the nest and went out to chase frozen peas with everyone else.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

New cage is coming tomorrow. The broody hen is on and off the nest. She is still coming out to eat treats with the others.

Where exactly do you buy just two or three hatching eggs? People either want you to buy six or more or they're scammers. Are there hatcheries in the Tucson area that are legit and will sell you only two or three hatching eggs?