Category Archives: chicken coop / run

Dumb Cluck

Posted on June 10, 2012 by jkmcintyre

“Cluck – cluck – cluck…” goes the broody hen.  If the weather is good I open the door of her broody box, and after a minute she makes a big squawking show of taking a walk. She flaps her wings, … Continue reading →

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Broody loves the box

Posted on May 25, 2012 by jkmcintyre

After finishing construction of the broody box Wednesday afternoon, I eagerly awaited dusk when I would transfer Calamity Jane and her brood. She hadn’t particularly noticed me putting the eggs under her that morning (I often root around under her … Continue reading →

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Building my broody a box

Posted on May 23, 2012 by jkmcintyre

Calamity Jane has been broody for three months now. Although she failed to successfully hatch the fertile donor eggs in April, she was not clearly at fault, so I have decided to let her try again. Yesterday I stopped by … Continue reading →

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One is the loneliest number

Posted on April 26, 2012 by jkmcintyre

This morning I found a beautiful, perfect, dead baby chick in the nest box with the fertilized eggs. Down still matted, eyes still shut tight. Calamity Jane, the would-be mother hen, was sitting on a clean empty nest next door. … Continue reading →

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