[TheForge] OT: chickens

[Saint Phlip]

Yeah, I know. I'm going to have to do that, I think. I'm just a bit
surprised that they quit laying in the nest box. Wondering if it might
be because the one hen who got hurt (we think she got clipped by a
car) isn't jumping up there to lead the nesting.

Never thought I'd find myself so thoroughly entertained by a bunch of
silly-assed birds...

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:33 PM,  <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
> The birds that I have delt with (chickens, Eastern Bronze Turkeys, guineas) all prefer an out of the way place.  Any place that I would likely put a box they (I believe) would not like.
>
> What we did was just sit out with a book in a chair and watch.  Sooner or later, when they thought we weren’t looking, they would go to the nest.  One built a nest in the middle of an unused part of my driveway.  Once we find the nest, we collect eggs for brooding.  Too many critters around that will get ma and the babies otherwise.
>
> If you do find a nest, put a pencil mark on one egg and collect the others.  They don't count very well.  So long as there is 1 egg there, they will continue to visit (usually).  The pencil mark is the sacrifice egg.  The others go into the fridge for the  next hatch.
>
> All the Best

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