Thanks for the education. A farm boy I never was.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/7/2012 9:27 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> She can have as many as she will accept to sit on. They are from her and
> from other hens who lay in the same nest. She was sitting on about 18 eggs
> from several different chickens but only 10 hatched. The broody hen has
> nothing to do with whether she actually laid the eggs and the eggs could
> have been fertilized by any rooster that was available over the last
> several weeks. Makes figuring out the breed of chicks interesting -
> usually very mixed-breed!
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>
>> Cute pictures. I didn't know incubation time was a month or that she
>> could have as many as 10 at once. She must be one busy mama.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/31/2012 5:51 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> Our broody hen sat on a clutch of eggs very faithfully for almost a month
>>> and was rewarded with 10 baby chicks. A better job than our electric
>>> incubator could do!
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147087292
>>>
>>> She started teaching them to eat immediately.
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147087316
>>>
>>> And a short two weeks later they are leaning to forage for food outside.
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147087319
>>>
>>> She's been a very good Mama and protects the chicks fiercely from other
>>> chickens, geese, ducks, dogs, and cats.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
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