Recent content by Bobthechicken123

No I was planning on having her hatch fertile eggs because she went broody last year but I didn't have fertile eggs so I thought she would be a good mother but she's still not back now I'm worrying

Its 5:18pm now and she's still nowhere to be seen, been off the nest for almost an hour and a half, am I worrying too much or is this a real problem, I have never hatches chickens before only raised them I have hatched ducks tho

I have a 1 year old australorp hen who has been broody for about 24 hours now and I haven't haven't seen her off for 24 hours but about an hour ago I went to check on her and she wasn't on the nest but the eggs were quite warm, I left thinking she would just come back but I just checked and she...

I have a 1 year old australorp hen who has been broody for about 24 hours now and I haven't haven't seen her off for 24 hours but about an hour ago I went to check on her and she wasn't on the nest but the eggs were quite warm, I left thinking she would just come back but I just checked and she...

I don't know if I can take them back, I got them from my local feed store, unfortunately I agree there are multiple males, I see five males and five females, I guess I'll just see what happens and if they turn out as roosters

I have a suspicion that he is a cockeral but I don't think he is the only cockeral either, I have raised leghorns before and it took my last pullets around 8 weeks to get to that stage in comb growth, I have had a proper look and I think most are cockerals, I only see 5 pullets and the other...

I brought them as day old sexed PULLETS, I thought some are cockerals too, I wouldn't mind one rooster as I have quite a few hens who free range but I don't want more than one as that would likely cause issues, thanks for your reply.

I have been raising 10 baby chicks, they hatched 23 August, I am very confused as some of them have very large comb and wattle for their age and am very confused on gender, the white ones are leghorns and the black ones are Australorps, any help is appreciated, thanks! Here are the photos

I recently purchased 10 chicks, here are pictures or 8 of them, (the other ones were annoying and trying to squirm away), I know it's far too young to tell for sure, they are around 3 weeks, thanks

It's likely she's moulting or being picked on by other chooks, moulting generally starts at the neck area so I find that unlikely but it could be.

It's most likely mites in that case, check them over, sometimes they are hard to see so have a good look, if they have mites or lice treat them immediately to stop your problem.

Do you have a rooster, if so it's likely he's mating them too often or too aggressively, if not they may be getting picked on my other hens, if you know that's not the case either, check for mites, if they have no mites, they could be moulting but I find that unlikely as moulting usually starts...

I recently purchased 10 chicks to add to my flock, Im wondering if chick behaviour at a young age has anything to do with wether they are young pullets or roos, I have one or my leghorn chicks always squaring up and pecking my finger whenever I touch one of their sisters to move them or whenever...

I'm quite curious about how she turns out, I will update when I find out.

Ok thank you, I think I just worry too much