Posts by Malissa

Thanks as well!  We had a singleton hatch (started with 3 eggs...and ended up with 1).  Mama's still on 3 eggs, so wanted  her to stay focused on the eggs.  He's inside in the brooder and doing ok.  I can tell...

Slightly disappointed...but happy he will have the barred coloring.  That is pretty.  He's in the brooder alone and is doing very well.  We bring mama up to bond with him in the evenings.  They eat together and she...

Sorry to revive this very old thread....but we just hatched an egg laid by our BR mother and the roo is a welsummer.  Our welsummer female went broody, so she's the 'mother'.  Unfortunately, we didn't save any of her eggs and...

Chick #2 made it!  Found pip at 4:05 pm last night and this morning it was hatched!  Looks just like it's mama, a Barred Rock.  I feel bad taking it away from surrogate mommy, Grun, however, she still has 4 eggs to...

Something went awry and not sure what happened.  I have 2 eggs under a broody that are 20 days today.  (Added 4 this past Tuesday).  Came home today and saw some yolk/bloodiness in front of the hen in the wood...

Hello there.  We had a hen go broody and decided to let her hatch afew eggs.  We gave her 3 and she was on them 9 days as of yesterday.  I came home from work and my daughter found her in the wrong nest box sitting on...

Glad i found this!  My girls are looking (worse) than your photos, but it's the same area on their backs.  I, too, suspected the darn roo...but wanted to make sure they hadn't started molting.  They aren't even a year...

I, too, wanted all hens but ended up with a roo.  THey were hatched early last March.  He was starting to test his crows around 10 weeks.  We live on a country road, but technically, we are not allowed poultry because we...

Wow.  I have 1 Welsummer hen (the 2nd turned out to be a rooster).  She was the 2nd last to start laying of our 5 hens.  They were hatched early last May and she may have started laying in December.  One of my EE's...

Thank you for posting about this site!  I just signed us up!  We have 4 layers and are waiting for the 5th, but she just hasn't started yet.  I usually give a dozen away every week or 2.  I am hoping that I can find...