- Trying to get Aunty Dorrie to sleep and lay her eggs in the coop and not outside in the bushes? – Failed
- Trying to find where Aunty Dorrie was sitting on a clutch of eggs in the bushes? – Failed
- Trying to keep Aunty Dorries’s single chick alive in the wild? – Failed
- Finally capturing Aunty Dorrie and getting her safely in a coop with some “almost ready to hatch” eggs for her to sit on? – Success
- Trying to get Aunty Dorrie to stay sitting on those eggs? – 50% success, 50% failed
- Trying to get Aunty Dorrie’s second clutch of eggs to hatch? – Failed (one egg hatched but the chick wasn’t strong enough and died shortly after. The other two eggs didn’t hatch. She must have been off them too long.)
- Trying to get Aunty Dorrie to realise the coop she has spent the last two weeks in, is a safe place to sleep? – Failed
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December 9, 2013 at 10:55 am
Poor Aunt Dorrie. And I was so looking forward to pictures of adorable chicks. Perhaps next time. Aunt Dorrie has been on her own for awhile..I guess she wants to retain her independence. Have the other hens welcomed her into the flock? Or at least King George. He abandoned her once already…it is the least he could do. Looking forward to hearing how it all goes.
December 10, 2013 at 7:05 am
Thank you. 🙂
Yes, I was just thinking this morning that she doesn’t want to be owned. The others have accepted her but when Helen Hen is mean to her, she runs behind King George for safety. Aunty Dorrie is actually his favourite.
December 9, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Oh I’m so sorry. 😦 Poor little hen.
December 10, 2013 at 7:06 am
Funny thing is she perfectly happy now. It is me that is sad. 🙂
December 9, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Damn, damn, double damn.
Is she over her broodyness at least? Out scratching and bathing with her extended family?
December 10, 2013 at 7:07 am
Yes, that is one great thing. She is very happy and we are all back to “normal”.
December 10, 2013 at 7:32 am
I’m not sure if chooks or their crazy owners are EVER NORMAL. Myself included.
Ed
December 11, 2013 at 7:04 am
Too true! 🙂
December 10, 2013 at 4:28 am
Oh dear. That’s no good. 😦
December 10, 2013 at 7:09 am
Now I realise how lucky I was with my last hatch (last year) being so successful.
December 10, 2013 at 4:40 pm
I’m sorry that Aunty Dorrie is a nonconformist. She sounds like a strong willed gal. She must be doing something right if she’s King George’s favorite. She’s just the wild child of the flock.
December 11, 2013 at 7:09 am
🙂
I tricked her last night though, I enticed into a coop with treats and shut her in. It was about 6:30 at night so not long before bedtime. She slept ” happily” in there for the night, all safe and warm and found her door open in the morning when she woke up 🙂
December 15, 2013 at 8:22 am
Clever you!
Hopefully she is still sleeping inside?
Silly chook
December 15, 2013 at 8:41 am
She only sleeps inside when I can trick her. Otherwise she sleeps in the bushes.
December 31, 2013 at 6:55 pm
Hang in there! I really hope that things get better for you…they almost always do if one doesn’t give up. And thanks for the follow. 🙂
January 2, 2014 at 9:04 am
🙂
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