Broody Hen Update II
Free at last, free at last. I finally let the broody hen out of her cage yesterday afternoon. Her time in confinement was brutal for all parties involved… but it seems to have done the trick. When she exited the cage, she was far more interested in scratching the ground and pecking at bugs than sitting on eggs. Egg production isn’t quite what it was before, but I am getting at least one or two eggs a day. I anticipate the next big develop in the coop to be the day my youngest hen, now four months old, starts laying eggs. That will probably happen towards the end of August…
July 27th, 2008 at 8:29 am
does that also mean that toward the end of august we might be eating rooster soup? i’ve got my money on the ugly one being male— that’s a sure sign in my book.