Miss Broody Gets Her Eggs!

I have had a broody hen for a few weeks now and I have no rooster. She is a Buff Rock which is one of the breeds I choose for this specific trait. I had been taking her out to eat and drink daily hoping to break her but everyday she just boomerangs right back to her spot in the nest box hording any eggs available. So today while at my friends' big annual birthday party for their kids I was talking with them about how raccoon have killed 5 of their chickens recently. Long story short I brought home fertile eggs from them and now my broody can live out her dreams. She has made herself a nice hole in the hay I piled in a large dog crate, hunkered down, and has not moved since I stuck her on her eggs. So, if all goes well we will have chicks in about 21 days! Wish us luck!

The Chickens' New Digs

Yay! The chickies have a new house! Montana Man built this out door enclosure on Sunday and the inside nesting area yesterday. I love it.




We did recently lose one of the girls to my brother's dog. She wasn't mangled though so after some enraged tears I decided to do the homesteady thing and butcher her for eating. We have not cooked her yet and I am a bit hesitant wondering if the fact she was killed in fear (meaning there was A LOT of stress hormone) and she had internal bleeding will make the meat taste bad. No way to know until we try though!


Happy chicken in a shelf!


The chickens LOVE their new house and were enjoying the sunshine and dirt bathing. Last night I went out to see if they were roosting inside and much to my surprise all of them were on the top shelf box. 11 birds. It was a sight!