Hey y’all, just thought we’d let you know that Little Number Five is still alive and, more importantly, still sitting on that batch of duck eggs 
With heat indexes in the mid to upper 90s, this chicken has to have real dedication to sit in that dog house all day (and night too, of course). You can’t see in it the photos but we laid a tarp over the wire pen so the dog house is in the shade most of the day. I’m sure that helps quite a bit but it’s still HOT!
She only comes out to get a drink and a bite to eat every 2 or 3 days. We’ve read that a chicken may lose up to 25 percent of her weight while she’s brooding so we’ve been feeding her up with some cracked corn. Number Five also gets the occasional treat from the garden. This morning it was a couple of strawberries.
- Ahhhh… I was soooo thirsty!
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- Broody Chicken In A Fowl Mood
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We’re still counting the days. We’re very hopeful that she’ll stay broody and hatch us out some ducklings. We’ll keep you updated on the progress.
Have a great weekend everyone!
So what do u do to stay cool???
I think what you are doing is a great idea. I would love to be able to do this. I hope that your ducks hatch, I have been hatching chickens in a incubator for the last three months, and doing great.