Broody

My little Old English Hen has gone broody. It is by far the cutest thing I have ever witnessed. This little hen is about the same size as a Quail. In our chicken coop we have three different types of chickens Stella, the Old English broody hen, is the smallest then some little bantams and then some large egg layers. Stella is sitting on two of her eggs, two slightly larger bantam eggs and two of the big brown eggs. She is flattened her little body out over top of all these eggs and only leaves them for about 20 minutes every day and a half. I will take pictures of her this afternoon.

It reminds me of when Shane is away. Me and my four kids have a giant sleepover in my room. We drag in two extra mattresses and all five of us sleep together, It makes me feel like a broody hen watching over her clutch.
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