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5 stories filed under sitting on Alektorophobia. The newest of them: “Egg-citing hide-and-seek: 6:30 am and the hen-keeping hunt is on”, “Hatching drama: Will Mama Hen reject this late-blooming chick”, and “A silent roost, a feathered queen, and one very ruffled heart.”. 6:30 AM and I'm already losing a game of hide-and-seek with my own hens. Twenty-four hours after her first chick hatched, Mama Hen abandoned the nest, and now there's a very active, late-blooming baby still fighting inside an egg. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every sitting story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
Egg-citing hide-and-seek: 6:30 am and the hen-keeping hunt is on
6:30 AM and I'm already losing a game of hide-and-seek with my own hens. This morning's hen-keeping hunt is egg-citing in the way that makes you question your life choices, did I really sign up for this? One minute they're pecking peacefully, the next they've vanished into the cosmos of my backyard. It's a fowl kind of magic trick, honestly. If you've ever felt this particular brand of morning chaos, you know the struggle is real. And speaking of surprises, our piece on "Straight Run Surprise: When Those Cute Chicks Turn Out to Be Roosters" dives into another delightful curveball chicken keeping throws your way. Because let's be honest, nothing prepares you for the feathered plot twists.
Hatching drama: Will Mama Hen reject this late-blooming chick
Twenty-four hours after her first chick hatched, Mama Hen abandoned the nest, and now there's a very active, late-blooming baby still fighting inside an egg. I've got it in the incubator, watching the candling show, knowing it could pip any day. But will she take this straggler back? Technically, I can raise it myself, but solo chicks don't thrive, and letting it perish because she refused to keep sitting? That's not an option. This is the kind of fowl play that keeps chicken keepers up at night, equal parts hope, anxiety, and a desperate need for a cluck-tastic reunion. If you've ever faced a broody standoff, you'll relate. For more feather-raising drama, check out "Help! My Chick's New Feathers Are Just Bare Stems."
A silent roost, a feathered queen, and one very ruffled heart.
There's no gentle way to say it: Louise is gone. When I went out to collect the eggs, I found her sitting on her favorite hen like she was trying to keep her warm one last time. No wound, no infection, no smell. Just a fluffy girl who'd laid an egg yesterday and eaten her breakfast like nothing was wrong. She was barely three years old, and I'm still scratching my head over how unfair that is. It's a quiet, gut-punch kind of loss, the kind that makes you stare at the coop and feel the silence.
The Cluck-Tastic Truth: Why Your Hen Turns Fowl at Your Fingertips
Well, here's the thing about our feathered friends: when a hen decides she's a mama, she's all in. This poor Redditor just wanted to give their broody girl a little pat, and bam, instant fowl play. I get it, you see those fluffy feathers and think "pet me," but she's looking at you like you're auditioning for the role of "egg thief." Honestly, the fact that she bit you and didn't draw blood? That's practically her showing restraint. She's not being mean, she's being a protective parent with a serious case of "don't touch my stuff." It's a classic case of love and war in the coop, and honestly, it's a story as old as time.
This Rooster Takes His Egg-Sitting Duty a Little Too Seriously
There's a fine line between parenting and pure poultry chaos, and this proud papa is living right on it. He takes his job *very* seriously, but I can't decide what's better: him plopping down on those eggs while letting out a triumphant crow, or Peewee just staring straight at their faces like, "Uh, hello? Wake up, newbies." That little guy is literally checking on them, wondering why they're not up yet! It's the kind of dedication that's equal parts cluck-tastic and hilarious. We've covered similar feathered family drama in "Tiny Marans Froment chicks are cluck-tastic, and currently napping!" but this duo is proof that raising chicks is never a dull moment. Honestly, they've got the whole "fowl play" thing down to an art form.