The Saga of Trash Hen

TikTok user thegoatmom002 has all kinds of stories about the family's goats, cats, and chickens. One day they found a poor, confused broody hen sitting in the trash can. She had spotted some discarded light bulbs and naturally sat on them so they could hatch. The farmer removed her from the bin more than once, but she kept returning. The trash wasn't taken out to be picked up because they didn't want to inadvertently lose a hen. So they decided to just let her be, and even played along with her fantasy.

Now this is the point where the story gets a little muddy.

They hatched! ...is the title of the video. The farmer doesn't say, but we figure that either A. the hen laid her own eyes among the lightbulbs, B. they snuck in and replaced the lightbulbs with eggs from another nest, or C. they gave her some of another hen's chicks to care for. However it happened, this chicken is happy and has proven to be a good mother hen.

We wish trash hen and her chicks all the best. -via Laughing Squid ​