broody hen drama?! š
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Ok, so one of my hens, Boujiee (aka Miss Boujiee Butt because her tail feathers were gone and her butt looked a littleā¦ questionable š), has been hoarding and laying on eggs.
She rarely leaves the coopāand if she does come out (because she knows I have treats), the SECOND I even look like Iām heading toward the coop, she sprints back in, throws herself over the eggs, and instantly turns into a full-blown security system. Like maāamā¦ nobody is coming for your children š
Iāve officially decided to just let her have them.
Now hereās where it gets funnyāour other hen, Goldie (because of her pretty golden-laced feathers), will sometimes go sit on the eggs when Boujiee gets upā¦ like theyāre co-parenting or splitting custody or something.
BUT TODAYā¦ I found TWO eggs just sitting in the middle of the coop. Not in the nest. Not hidden. Justā¦ placed there. And it honestly looked like Boujiee moved them so Goldie could sit on those instead of her sacred egg stash.
Like she really said:
āHere. Those TWO are YOURS. THESE are MINE.ā š¤š
Is that even possible?? š Has anyone else experienced this kind of chicken drama??
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