drama in the henhouse

So we have a broody hen. I went out this morning to take a picture of her because, well, that’s the sort of thing I do. My kids don’t realise how grateful they should be for the invention of digital cameras because otherwise they’d have dumpster loads to pitch someday.

Anyway, the broody hen, all cosy in her nest, usually looks something like this:nesting hen(Please forgive the quality of the following photos. The light in the chicken coop is not ideal.)

But this morning, the broody hen’s nesting box looked like this:intruder henTwo hens in one box. Note: the hen at the front is not the broody hen. She has her butt in the broody hen’s face.

The intruder squirmed:

pushy henand squirmed:

two hens in one boxbefore finally settling in, although not without complaint:

complaining intruder hen

Meanwhile, the rooster heard me enter the coop and came rushing from the run to investigate:

concerned roosterWith a steely gaze, he began crowing his head off, deafening me until I fled.

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