chickens
When your nest is in fowl play: getting booted off imaginary eggs
Oh, the heartbreak. Getting booted off your imaginary eggs is a special kind of fowl play that hits right in the feels. This poor hen thought she had a nest full of babies, and then… poof. Gone. It's that moment when their maternal instincts go into overdrive, and reality just doesn't cooperate. We've all seen a broody girl get a little too attached to a phantom clutch, but watching her mourn those invisible chicks is genuinely tough. It's a reminder that our feathered friends have big, complicated hearts. If you're dealing with a similarly dramatic diva, you might find some solidarity in our story about a hen who got all bunched up and worried her humans sick.