I have two 8-month-old hens who are the oldest in my flock (i'm new to chicken raising and the rest are still only 3-4 months) but recentally they've been laying there eggs in different spots than their coop. I was able to find the spot they were laying in and locked them in the coop during...
I recently bought a new incubator and this is my first batch of chicks using it. This is day 18 for the eggs and I was simply wondering if the eggs needed to be able to roll around, or if keeping the turner piece in would be fine. (the turner automatically turns off 3 days prior to hatching)...
Hi, so I am a new chicken farmer and have a flock of about six chickens that were hatched in my incubator and are about 3 months old. (hens still too young to lay) I know that at least 2 of them are roosters due to the fact that I wake up every morning to a crow off, but I have just noticed some...
just updating, both are doing great, I think that I was just over-reacting about nothing, you can hardly tell the difference between them now! Thanks for being willing to help, and wish me luck!
Im very new at this incubating thing, and I just had two out of five eggs hatch, one chick seems fine (loud) but fine. The other i'm a little worried about, she doesn't seem to be using one of her legs very much, and it seems like something is almost coming out of her rear. I might just be over...