Here is one of our hens... she started laying eggs about a week or so ago I think. I am not sure how many she has now... at last count there were 8. Once she gets up, I will take a pic of the eggs. She has made her nest in a USPS box!! hehe. Sorry Uncle Doug!! I have no idea who the dad(s) is/are.... but he is most definately either the black rooster we cooked up last weekend, or.... one of the annoying white roosters. I will be checking in on the nest to see how the chicks are coming along. I guess the gestation is about 3 weeks or so??? How cute will it be to have baby chicks running around??? More pics to come!!!
Are there any predators to eat her babies? A colleague at school has lots of chickens and hawks, owls, raccoons and opossums eat the babies and eggs all of the time! Does she get mad when you go near her? You might have to lock her with her babies in the hut for the first few days after birth so they are big enough to ran from predators (including mean kids!).
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