Chicken Scratch, Chapter Three

     So I have been dealing with one broody hen after another since about the end of November.  The poor girls, they pluck their bellies smooth and just sit and sit in the boxes.  I was just about to get some fertilized eggs from my neighbor and give her them to hatch out.  Right before I was about to get the eggs, she quit. So then it was on to Onyx, she was only broody for about 9 days, but still plucked her belly clean.  Silly girls, it has to be cold with this wind and weather we have been having.  So now it is Naked Neck Nancy, and she is in full broodiness.  She is such a sweet little girl and gives me the saddest looks when I take the eggs out from under her.  Breaks my heart to take that mothering opportunity away from them.  I just don't want roosters and hatching eggs brings on the possibility of having roosters. 

    I have to say that we are also working on expanding the hen yard to make room for the new babies that will be arriving in March.  I am super excited to have babies, something totally new for our home.  Last year when we started with the chickens I bought the existing flock and the pullets that were way out of the baby stage.  Can't wait to have some little fuzzy babies here.  I will keep you posted!