Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Broody Hen


This is Yellow. She is a broody hen. Yellow really wants to be a mother. Sometimes chickens go through a phase where the instinct to incubate and hatch a brood of chicks overwhelms them. She is not sitting on an egg, she hasn't even laid an egg in quite a while, but yet she sits and waits in the nesting box, every day, all day.

Dear Yellow, I can relate.

5 comments:

Tippy said...

I can totally relate to Yellow too. How sad :-(

Alex said...

Poor Yellow!!!

Thinking of you...

Kim said...

Oh yellow, nice to meet you. I totally empathize but admire your "fake it til you make it" positioning. If we can truly wish things into being, then you got this. xoxoxox

erika said...

IF sucks, many ways. But her perseverance is truly inspiring! it's crucial to keep going and keep the hope alive. I love you for this, Yellow! Yo go, Girl!

Rebecca said...

Definitely feel like Yellow sometimes.