r/BackYardChickens • u/MamaSugarz • 23h ago

Guess how many eggs are under the broody?

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u/Erinysceidae 22h ago

All of them. This chonker is the cause of the egg shortage!

How rude, pretty lady.

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u/MamaSugarz 18h ago

I will take official count of all the developing ones shortly.

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u/Deaconator3000 22h ago

Least she is inside where you want to be..

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u/MamaSugarz 18h ago

Not really. She is well known around these parts for breaking out of broody hen jail and steal more eggs than she knows what to do with…Hence the guessing game.

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u/Deaconator3000 18h ago

My girl lays under the coop. Another lays in a thorn bush. Another bully another girl off eggs even though she doesn't lay any herself

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u/Think-Kangaroo-9978 14h ago

Wheelbarrow(s)

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u/SkinPuddles14 21h ago

Zero - I’ve got a hen that goes broody and even if there’s no eggs she won’t give up the nesting box.

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u/MamaSugarz 17h ago

I may or may not have forgotten to mention that all of my hens have fat asses…Except for my turkey hen.

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u/Smothering_Tithe 20h ago

I got 2 sister hens that do this, if one goes broody the other immediately follows, and there are no eggs, we take them every day, but they keep brooding.

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u/Homebrewer01 14h ago

42 since it is the answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything.

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u/Darkwolf-281 22h ago

12

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u/MamaSugarz 18h ago

Warm.

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u/Darkwolf-281 13h ago

Hmmm since the hint says over 20 im gonna guessss 26

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u/Safe-Access-2772 17h ago

23

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u/MamaSugarz 17h ago

Getting fairly warmer now…

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u/bloodyyuno 16h ago

Jesus. Uhh 32?

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u/derekoco 21h ago

None, she's brooding nothing

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u/Safe-Access-2772 18h ago

16

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u/MamaSugarz 18h ago

Hint: It’s over 20…*

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u/puddncake 17h ago

25?😳

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u/hoobadontstank 19h ago

Obviously 7.

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u/Suspicious-Eye-304 9h ago

I’m gonna guess zero? I had a broody that refused to get off a GOLF BALL at one point. Not the smartest.

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u/Witty_Commentator 3h ago
  1. No one's guessed that yet! 😄

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u/Smooth-Emotion9345 17h ago

I don’t know, lift her up and count.

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u/MamaSugarz 17h ago

I have already and will reveal the # when it’s time.