This is where she decided to sit on her eggs. In a corner on the workshop table next to an old Apple IIc. The computer was another treasure left in the barn from the previous owners, yes it works. Sometimes I catch my boys standing in the barn playing really old games on it.
I have no idea what makes a hen broody. I was really hoping she would hatch a few chicks, but I honestly don’t think any of her eggs have been fertilized. Poor thing, all that sitting around for nothing. She’s also been trying to hatch that mouse, I keep moving it onto the keyboard and everyday it ends up next to her again.
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Hee-larious! I love chickens, they do the funniest things!
This is SO funny… I’m cracking up!
We had chickens growing up and I remember my mom replacing the real eggs with fake eggs under hens like this so they would be happy sitting on eggs, but we’d still get the real ones to eat.
How funny that your hen tries to hatch the mouse! Poor thing! You need to introduce her to one of your nice roosters!
Sounds like the name of an old English pub to me!
Does that computer have Dark Castle on it? If so, you must let them play it. It’s still the best game of all, ask anyone.
My 5-year-old just said, “Are those her BOOBS?”!! Oh my goodness…poor hen! lol
Oh, broody hens are something else… Feels like I always spend my whole summer dealing with them.
Here’s what happened with the last one:
http://paintsplashes.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-mixed-up.html
Get the kids to teach her to play games on the computer and I’ll bet she’ll forget all about eggs and mice!
We used to call them a clocking hen and we put the empty lemon juice (you know, the plastic lemon) containers under her. If anyone had eggs that needed hatching we’d lend out the “clocker”. I bet plastic easter eggs would work perfectly.
Awww…why am I feeling sorry for her?! I’m cracking up at the “boobs” comment, though…because I had the same thought!
Poor sweetie. No nest either.
Have you candled any of the eggs? You might be surprised.
When the Farmer got chickens, I read up on them. One suggested “cure” for broodiness was to dip the hen’s underside in chilly water to “cool her off”.
Uh, that would change my mind for sure!
If after a month nothing hatches you should take the eggs away because she will NEVER give up. Then be really careful the eggs don’t break.
If you don’t candle them you could also give them a shake. If they slosh, they’re rotten.
Hey, can people be broody too? I have a sudden urge to sit around by a computer all day and have people bring *me* food and water.
Maybe you Broody Hen has been playing the Stock Market like the E-trade Baby. Or… maybe she has her own Mommy Blog
Stick some fertile eggs under her, if you have a rooster there must be some around. Just give her eggs that were all collected on the same day so they’ll hatch together, no pre-sat upon ones.
Hmmm look at that ol’ mouse!
LOL I keep making my hubby read all your chicken posts. He “thinks” he wants to raise them…I think he doesn’t! I’m hoping that these will turn him off!
She’s not sitting on the mouse, she’s playing games with it! Why do you think she chose THAT corner. WATCH OUT FOR HER!!!
Ok, this might be a silly question, but what kind of chicken lays plain ol’ white eggs? I swear, brown eggs taste different, I don’t care what ANYONE says! Do the farmers just bleach the brown eggs before they send them to the stores?? <– joke, uh haha!
That’s hilarious that your chicken is broody by the old computer. We’ve got a broody hen and I don’t know what to do with her! My neighbor has told me I need either a bucket or a trap to get the hen ‘off the cluck’.
We had a broody hen as of today! She had been in the coop and not wanting to leave her nest for weeks…I thought it would never end! We just keep bringing her outside everyday…and it looked like it worked!
Broody Hens……..I love them. But my husband doesn’t. We always take the eggs out from under them. Then he will take her off the nest and throw her out the door! No, it doesn’t hurt her and she flaps her wings and lands on her feet and starts cackling like mad to show her indignation!
If they try to peck you when you take the eggs out, put a small bucket over their head while you get the eggs. If I’m wearing long sleeves, I don’t worry about it. If your arms are not covered they will bring blood. I have a few scars thanks to the little “hen peckers”!
Best girl band name ever…The Broody Hens.
I’ve got two broody hens now that have been sitting on golf balls for a week. Thinking about getting them some fertilized eggs to sit on. Hope it’s not too late in the summer for them to finish up. Also concerned they won’t be able to protect the chicks from the other hens when they hatch. Do I need to Segregate the Momma Hens and chicks after they hatch so the other birds don’t pick them to pieces?
yes, i put my hen and her chicks in seperate pens