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How many eggs do your chickens hoard?
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Have you ever been flabbergasted by your chickens' egg-cellent hoarding skills? I certainly was when my daughter-in-law checked on our small flock of 30 mismatched chickens this morning. Among them, two hens are currently broody, and I thought, “Why not let them be?” After all, a couple of baby chicks could be a delightful addition! However, I was completely taken aback to discover that one hen had 10 eggs tucked under her, while the other had an unbelievable **46**! How on earth did she manage to collect and incubate that many eggs all on her own? It's truly insane! This got me wondering—what's the most eggs you've ever caught your hens hoarding? Let's share our cluck-tastic stories!
 | I’m just flabbergasted at the moment. I have a small flock of about 30 mismatched chickens. 2 of them are currently broody, but I figured let them be. A couple baby chicks couldn’t hurt, right? We can sell some if we need to NBD….. Well, my DIL decided to go check on the broody hens this morning and see how many of the eggs are fertile: 10 under one hen, ***46*** under the other hen. I don’t even understand how this heffa managed to collect and successfully incubate 46 eggs by herself. This is insane 😭 But it got me to wondering if others have ever run into something similar. What’s the most eggs you’ve ever caught your hens hoarding? [link] [comments] |
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