Buffy the Orange Pancake Chicken |
I have been saving Buffy's eggs for my incubator test. I will do the test as soon as I build the incubator. Real Soon Now. Yeah, right.
But life intervened and I had to deal with work and animals and people and stuff. Finally got home at oh-dark-hundred to close the coop. Guess who was still on the nest....
My fluffy orange girl was still there, still looking like a pancake, still giving me the stink eye.
I collected my hatching stash and ran back out. Placed one egg under her, collected a peck. Placed another egg, got another peck. Nudged her aside, placed the rest of the eggs, removed the ceramic egg, and collected a peck and a stink eye and a bonus BAAAAAWK.
Mission accomplished! Now I just need to build the incubator in case she knocks off early....
Update: This clutch ended disastrously.
Sounds like you're having fun. I also have a broody I'm documenting on my blog at http://jensenschickens.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteMy broody is a buff orpington too and I have pictures of her identical to yours. It's fun to watch a broody and her determination to be a mommy! Good luck to you, I hope you have a successfull outcome.
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