Ok.. I was just out in the studio, surveying the possibility of making room for the new chicks to come home to stay & grow.. It has been so nice to let the older two (that are not broody) to run free in the garden, yard & around the pond, Dh suggested we take the waterer out of the coop because it keeps getting full of straw & the hens know where the other waterer is outside, (so they don't go without fresh daily.) I went to remove the box that the waterer was sitting on and Yep! 5 nice eggs in the box laying neatly in a nest, that the other golden girl had made.. I never thought to look inside because it had been turned on it's side ....I was So excited.. I dropped one and Buster thought it was dessert! so now I have 4 eggs. Yeahhhhhhhh!
Cheryl Farmgirl #309 Klamath Falls "Charming Chicks Chapter" Mother Hen
Told ya! Isn't it fun? And they should all be good. All those eggs I found are all good so far. Yeah!! If they are like mine they will find another place now.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be.
Kristin. I will check see in the morning. I did find a fake egg in that box along with the real ones , I knew I had one out there but I think it fell on the floor I couldn't find it in the straw & somehow it got inthe box.. Do you have problems with Mice in your chicken coop?
Cheryl Farmgirl #309 Klamath Falls "Charming Chicks Chapter" Mother Hen
If there are mice out there they don't last long. I've never seen any. And I have 2 ducks that eat anything little that moves. They ate a baby guinea once that got in the fence. Before I could even think what to do a duck snatched it up. And chickens will eat mice and frogs, too. I did see a snake skin out there last year. We have a piece of plywood on blocks in the middle section and there has got to be something under there. I can see little tunnels. I'm hoping it's still the rabbit that got loose a few years ago. But I doubt it. So I try not to stay out there too long!
And the hen that was laying eggs out back laid hers in the hen house today along with the other one. So I have 3 that are laying.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be.
Three hens a laying is good... I have a couple holes I see too in the corners of the coop... under the straw. I have quite a bit layered in there for winter warmth. I want to clean it out this weekend when the weather is supposed to be near 70!! The two that are out & about are so funny to watch.. I could sit & watch them for hours.. Cheap entertainment for sure..
Cheryl Farmgirl #309 Klamath Falls "Charming Chicks Chapter" Mother Hen
Oh My gosh ! I Found Eggs!
Posted - Apr 15 2009 : 3:59:10 PM
Christina