big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
My Buff O has plucked her tummy feathers. I checked her thouroughly for mites at first and then noticed a nice symmetrical bald pattern under her tummy and a bit up her inner thighs.
This morning she laid a nice but very tiny egg...smaller than normal. She got off the nest and pecked around the rest of the day.
She is less than a year old but has been laying eggs regularly since December.
I really want her to go broody b/c I don't have the time to babysit anymore chicks this spring and I LOVE to see a mama hen with her chicks!
If you guys think she is approaching broody-ness I have ceramic eggs to use as a decoy until I can put some fertile eggs under her.
ETA: Title change, and now I know the signs of pre-broody-ness!
This morning she laid a nice but very tiny egg...smaller than normal. She got off the nest and pecked around the rest of the day.
She is less than a year old but has been laying eggs regularly since December.
I really want her to go broody b/c I don't have the time to babysit anymore chicks this spring and I LOVE to see a mama hen with her chicks!
If you guys think she is approaching broody-ness I have ceramic eggs to use as a decoy until I can put some fertile eggs under her.
ETA: Title change, and now I know the signs of pre-broody-ness!