We've got a few chickens from our original flock that are getting pretty broody - expressing their desire to stay on their eggs and try to hatch them into chicks. One of them has been very persistant, to the point of harranging other chickens to lay eggs after we've collected the ones she was sitting on. We decided to let her try her hand at motherhood - at the very least it means free chickens, and if she fails, we're really only out half a dozen eggs.
She's currently living in one of the old portable coops. I blocked off access to the second nest box so she stays in just one, which seems to be working. I haven't seen her off the nest once yet, although obviously she's eating the food and drinking the water we set out for her. I moved her on July 10th, so I'm hoping we should have chicks by the end of the month. We shall see!
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