Broody hens

A broody hen is a hen that want to sit on her eggs to keep them warm. They try to keep the eggs warm so they can hatch. The broody hens have to sit on their (or someone else's) eggs for about three weeks. Broody hens follow the natural instinct to sit on their eggs, or any eggs that are in her nest. If you put another birds egg's --such as  duck eggs-- the broody hen will still sit on it. Our two broody hens are G.G. and Wings.

My Mom bought one dozen duck eggs and has just put them under the hens.  Hopefully the broody hens will keep sitting on them and will keep them warm.  I can't wait to see what happens!  I will post some pictures once I have some. 

Here is the duck egg information.

We have 4 runners, 4 rohen and 4 muscovy.  One set of eggs was MUCH
bigger than the others. We think it was the muscovy.  One set was blue
-- I think it was the runners.