What a surprise !

[Sunnydrinking]

Hi ladies

I’m forgetting about the big C for a while and concentrating on the little C!

I popped 6 fertile eggs under my very old broody hen and now have two chicks.

I’m over the moon.

Jo xx 🐣🐣

[nstonerocks]

Aww. I’m sure the hen is also over the moon. Enjoy the sweet little things 🐥 🐣

[Barbteeth]

Oh how absolutely adorable and what a gorgeous photo

I’m actually very jealous!!

Barb xx

[MyMiracle13]

👏👏👏

[4thTimesTheCharm]

Love it! Our little flock bring us such amusement...and great eggs.

[Spagnoli12]

A mom again thanks to an egg donor and donor daddy! That is so sweet. She must be surprised.

[BluHydrangea]

Fun adventure with babies!🐥🐥🐥

[Hidden]

Hi Jo,

That is such a touching sight! I bet the hen is thrilled to have a couple of chicks to mother. You must be so happy.

Sophie

[Valisa]

❤️🐣 So cute and so much fun,! Great distraction from the big C.

[Rotagirl]

What a lovely picture, thanks for sharing

[Hidden]

How lovely, chicks are the cutest little things.

Do you have a picture of them?

Clare x

[Julie2233]

Lovely 😊

My friend Herbie bought his wife an incubator for her birthday. She wasn’t impressed. He then filled it with eggs (they have chickens and a cockerel) 38 of the eggs hatched to his surprise, but they didn’t have anywhere to keep them but sue had had a beautiful oak garden room built last year so herbie decided it was the ideal place to keep the 38 chickens over the winter while he made a chicken pen large enough to house them! Herbie is very good at carpentry but not very fast and he’d got a couple of commissions to do first. So sue had her lovely garden room full of chickens for 4 months! To say she wasn’t impressed was an understatement!!

[Sunnydrinking in reply to Julie2233]

Hilarious 😂 thanks for sharing such a funny story xx

[Julie2233 in reply to Sunnydrinking]

I have very eccentric neighbours. So many stories I could write a book 😊

[SeattleMom in reply to Julie2233]

😂😂😂

[Red71 in reply to Julie2233]

I wish we had a laugh emoji for a quick reply! Your poor neighbor!

[Julie2233 in reply to Red71]

They live a beautiful Tudor house with wooden beams and the garden room had been hand built to match the rest of the property and they’d had to get special permission because it’s a listed building. She was so excited about being able to show it off to her family when they came for Christmas. But with 38 hens living in it the doors had to remain firmly closed to stop them exploring the rest of the house.

The grandchildren loved having the chickens in the house, the adults murmured about the rather pungent smell which no amount of cleaning could get rid of. Herbie has worked in the photography industry and lost his sense of smell decades ago. Sue has a lot more patience than I have 😁

[Red71 in reply to Julie2233]

She must have patience! The smell would have made me give away all those chicks. I have had puppies and a baby goat or two living in my downstairs half bath for a week or so, but wouldn’t have managed for longer. What we do for animals!

[Julie2233 in reply to Red71]

Me neither! Many years ago I had a litter of puppies in the kitchen, they were gorgeous but I was so glad when they went to their new homes!

[Shelly1009]

😍 So beautiful!!!

[mariootsi]

Jo that is special. Enjoy!

[SeattleMom]

Absolutely precious! Out of curiosity, did the old broody hen just finish a cigarette? Should not be smoking around her little newborns. 😂😂

[Teddielottie]

Such joy ! x

[Red71]

What a great post! If I were that hen I’d be wondering what happened and thinking I thought I was done producing babies! She probably thinks she is special now!

[SusieIM]