Rural Gardening: Organic Chicken feed, 1 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
OK, lets not leave out the Buckeyes. Not only did two hens go broody together, they allowed other hens to take turns laying there, then moved the nest across to the other end of the wall, nested together, no fighting, no getting cross with me. hatched one baby, had two pip then die. i brought the rest in. then took 15 from the incubator, and they accepted them as their babies, and they don't look a thing like them LOL.

they are very watchful, if i pick one up it isn't a problem, but when they notive it is sitll missing, they start calling and looking till i put it down.

and i am now letting the roos and other hens back in the henhouse. no accidental fatalities, no fights! they weren't successful at hatching much because i didn't mark eggs, but look slike they have good mama instincts!!!

tf