Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I have two more hens threatening to go broody. Lord help me!!!! Little is hiding eggs...I found her stash in a spare water fountain on a shelf 6 feet up today. Only reason I found them was Baby was sitting beside the container while Little was inside adding to her collection lol. And another Cochin girl has been in a nesting box all day.
I can't handle any more broodies right now. Not until Lola "mother of the year" gets done. So quite by accident I may have found a temporary solution. Hubby came home this afternoon and decided to pull out his bagpipes to practice on the back deck. He has a gig this weekend with his band. Chickens do not like bagpipes! Needless to say they cleared out and there isn't one zen chicken left in the coop except Lola. They're all bug eyed, alert and non-broody now lol. And so am I!

Hope Lola doesn't give up when she's so close ...

Jaye wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:15 pm

Hope Lola doesn't give up when she's so close ...

Lola is glued to her eggs not budging. Just went out to lock them up and she's talking to her eggs. So cute. That's the first I've seen her do that so somethings progressing. I'm praying for more than 1 chick. I've been lucky so far with Little's lone child but not sure things would work out as well with Lola.

That's encouraging news - hens will often talk to their babies before hatching starts, Go, Lola!

They chicken, they dinna ken a pibroch?

Ha! Ha! Bagpipes! Who knew!

Bagpipes are a female repellant around here

That I believe, I was never a fan.

I like bagpipes outside, in a parade, en masse.
One single (practicing) bagpiper is like loud fingernails on a chalkboard for me. It is entertaining that the lab joins in howling tho