Recent content by AmeliaGrowsPlants

Thank you for posting these. I had a couple of older egg eating chickens we culled and they looked similar to this. I wasn't sure if they were safe to eat but they were acting fine...other than their love of eggs.

What is the purpose of waiting to incubate them?

I have had chickens off and on for about 12 years now, ever since my sister first brought home a box of chicks to my Dad's house when we were kids and then got board of taking care of them herself. Since then I have been experimented with different breeds, coups, hatching methods, butchering...

We use the stump and axe method. I have a 5gal bucket ready and just slide the flopping bird into it right after the chop. You have to hold the bucket and bird though until it stops moving or it will just tip the bucket over and flop out. I have tried other methods but I like the certainty of no...

I have a hen that was attacked by a skunk about a week and a half ago. It scratched out one eye and bruised her head up so badly she couldn't see out of the other. She is doing much better now and wants to rejoin her flock, but every time she gets close to the other chickens they attack her bad...

Worked just fine. Thank you.

My hen hatched some chicks this week and left 2 fertilized eggs that I put in the incubator. If they hatch can I sneak the chicks in with the rest? They have started peeping in the eggs so I am guessing there would be about a three day gap between when her last chick hatched and when these guys...