10/05/2026
In December 2025 we had a lonely hatcher. This pretty girl. She has spent majority of her time on the outskirts of the flock.
Come April she was showing signs that she may be ready to lay her first egg - but it never seemed to come. She skipped the "pregnancy" part of motherhood and decided to go straight to being a broody incubator instead.
I wasn't too convinced that she would commit to sitting on some eggs seeing that she hadn't even layed one of her own yet - but surprisingly she did.
I let her sit on a measly 4 eggs just in case she gave up half way, but here she is today with her 4 three day old chicks!!
Has anyone else had a fantastically broody mama who hasn't started laying yet??