Broody battle, a Monster is coming, Groaning

by Duf Anything and Everything, EUC

So Cupcake, one of our Jersey Giant hens has once again gone broody which is a pain in the ass.  When a hen goes broody she will sit on eggs obsessively because she wants them to hatch.  Basically she wants to have baby chicks.  Well since there is no rooster in our chicken collection all of our eggs are unfertilized so they will never hatch, something poor Cupcake doesn’t realize.  She even starts plucking feathers from her belly, thinking direct skin contact will create enough warmth to hatch the eggs.

Cupcake has gone broody a couple times before.  The only way you can break the cycle is to separate her from the nesting boxes during the day in the chicken tractor.  We have had her in there the last four or five days and it still hasn’t broken the broodiness.  The second I let her out she SPRINTS back to the coop and plops herself on top of eggs. There is no quick fix, we just have to keep her isolated until it clicks in her chicken brain that it isn’t going to happen.

So I found out that Jason from Ewheels, who I had already bought the two Inmotion wheels from, had finally got some of the Gotway Monster electric unicycles in stock.  These are the the HUGE, 22 inch diameter wheels that make my Msuper look like a starter wheel.  They can travel anywhere between 50-100 miles on a battery charge and can hit speeds damn close to 30mph.

I have been holding off buying one for awhile but selling the MCM4 gave me some recreational dollars to help soften the blow.  If things go as planned I will be cruising on the Monster by this time next week.

If you have any interest in exploring the world of PTV’s I strongly suggest you give Ewheels a look.  Jason really puts the customer first and has been in the business as long if not longer than anybody.  If you use this link you will get free shipping on your order!  http://ewheels.com/eucarmy

I have noticed how I make a lot of unconscious groaning noises nowadays after someone pointed it out to me.  They happen normally when I am changing positions or getting out of or getting into a vehicle. They must just be the reaction to the now normal aches and pains that accompany these movements and just another wonderful side effect of transitioning into old fart status.