I had another hen go broody so I had to shut them all down. I destroyed miss broody one's nest, took the wooden eggs and put logs on top of it. I dragged miss broody two and three off their nests (three happened yesterday), and shut them out of the coop for the afternoon. I took all the nest eggs away. I hope that will do it, although some sources say that a broody hen can be persistent. We'll see. I have to let them back in this evening.
I just don't want them to be broody right now. I want them to tip toe through the tulips. I want them trippin down the garden path, looking for bugs and feeling groovy. I want them to be free and single. They are too young to be having kids.
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| Ok Ok, look. This is my lion imitation. |
Also today, tilled til my toes tingled (ooooh how I LOVE a good Alliteration, and that was nothing like a good Alliteration. Ba dump da.) I am ALMOST finished tilling. One more hour will do it. And I limed and fertilized what I tilled.
Rested for a bit this afternoon but I got restless so I made some more goat cheese, made oatmeal cookies, made miso soup and marinated some snow peas, chives, bell pepper and shitake mushrooms for stir fry this evening.
Then it was time for walkies. Today we saw a dogwood tree that had been bent double during some cutting that happened last year and it was STILL blooming. It was bootiful and so wanted to live. I named it Barbara Graham.
Dammit, back on the nest again.
Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.
Bak Bak
moody broody patooty
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