One of our hens went broody last week and is sitting day and night on a clutch of eggs. She's in one of the nesting boxes in our chicken coop. Excitement!
Hopefully we'll get to see a mama hen with her baby chicks. It sounds thrilling. And I'm sure it will make me feel doubly-sorry for the little chickies we have in boxes in the garage, with no mama but a heat lamp to hover over them. It will be so interesting - we are all very pleased.
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That is thrilling!! The boys will LOVE it. Can't wait to see pictures of mama and her chickies.
That is pretty cool. I can remember the excitement when there would be chicks. Happy day.
Eric
yay!!
How fun! We've done it both ways, raised them with hens and in boxes and both have their positives. I love raising them ourselves because they end up attaching to us more than when they are raised by a mama, they end up being pretty wild because they are pretty hard to catch :) Enjoy!!
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