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May. 24th, 2008
and now, a hen, doing hen business
May. 24th, 2008 11:28 pmThank you all for your kind words. I know a lot of you have been down this road before, and will be again (as will we, no doubt).
I found these pics on the camera, from a couple weeks ago.
The littlest hen had failed to come home to roost, and we feared she'd been carried off by one of the neighborhood hawks. But next morning, she was there for breakfast. Later that day, she was missing again, and we went hunting. Under the base of a yew bush, in the leaves that matched her coloring, we found her atop a clutch of 16 eggs (only about half of which actually fit under her, even fluffed out). Silly broody! Those eggs won't hatch, no matter how long you sit on them. (No rooster, because roosters have the power to summon Animal Control, and that leads to questions we'd rather not answer.)
Since we raided her nest, she's given up the plan, and scratches about the yard as usual.
I found these pics on the camera, from a couple weeks ago.
The littlest hen had failed to come home to roost, and we feared she'd been carried off by one of the neighborhood hawks. But next morning, she was there for breakfast. Later that day, she was missing again, and we went hunting. Under the base of a yew bush, in the leaves that matched her coloring, we found her atop a clutch of 16 eggs (only about half of which actually fit under her, even fluffed out). Silly broody! Those eggs won't hatch, no matter how long you sit on them. (No rooster, because roosters have the power to summon Animal Control, and that leads to questions we'd rather not answer.)
Since we raided her nest, she's given up the plan, and scratches about the yard as usual.
