.. Or broody hen puts the Dump in Scots Dumpy
TODAY Josephine went for her early morning constitutional in the hen pen before resuming sitting duties on the clutch of eggs she has been caring for since she went broody.
It is important to make sure broody hens get a break, stretch their legs and have something to eat and drink. Long term damage or even death can happen if a broody hen refuses to leave her post and so, with Josephine, I lift her off the nest every morning and take her to the food station.
A good friend of mine warned that I should keep a special look out for her should any of the roosters try to mate as a refusal often leads to forceful confrontations.
Regulars to this blog already know Josephine has the shortest fuse in the pen so when Miss Moody went broody everyone gave her a wide berth ... until today. And this is what happened when Horatio made a half-hearted pass. (Click on 10-second video above)
well my hens do make up their own mind on their feeding routine and sometime will get up as much as two times a day for a stretch or feed.
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