Recent content by hollycs

So frustrating. I took three away from her. I hatched two myself, and the other one never did hatch. One of the chicks I hatched died which leaves me with one lonely little chick :( I want to buy her a buddy, but I can't find anyone near me with baby chicks. They are all a few months old. She...

Glad to hear that. I tried to buy a baby chick for her but I guess it's the wrong time of year because I can't find any. I guess she's just stuck with us ;) I'm concerned about putting her back in with the mom after she tried to eat her! Any idea why they do that. Did yours do it to any other...

This is exactly what happened to me. Now I have one chick to hatch. I know this is old, but how did it turn out? When did you put her back in with the other chickens and did they accept her?

This happened to me this morning as well. My Buff killed 3 newly hatched eggs. I would love to hear from you to see what happened to the rest of your eggs. Did any hatch? Any advice?

My hen has become broody for the first time. She has been sitting on 16 eggs for the past 3 weeks. She has not however been protective of the nest AT all. As soon as I open the coop door she jumps off the eggs and runs around which is contrary to everything I have read. Anyway, day before...

They will be a year old in November. They are not losing their feathers. No stressful occurrences and they are not hiding their eggs. I thought about that and normally I let they free range during they day so I have kept them locked up in their coop thinking that they were laying elsewhere, but...

I have 4 buff orp hens and a Rooster. Up until the last month they were laying 3-4 eggs every single day. Now all of a sudden ALL 4 hens have just completely quit laying. I have not had one egg in over a month. Is this typical behavior? Any advice would be appreciated.

I have noticed that the eggs from my buffs have all been fertilized when I crack them. I have still been collecting the eggs every day though because none of the hens seem to be sitting on them. They are out of the coop all day. Should I leave the eggs alone, and if so for how long? They are...

Well, thank goodness my Rooster has seemed to chill out He still sometimes puffs up at us, but he has not tried to attack anyone again. So he gets to stick around for now which makes all of us happy.

Ok so my hens are almost 5 moths old and last night my son found 6 eggs! The problem is that I don't know how long they have been there because they aren't laying in their nice comfy cozy nest boxes my husband worked so hard on :( He found them in one of the roost boxes and it never would have...

I know this may seem like a stupid question, but I am a newbie to the chicken world and so I honestly don't know. I have 21 week old Buff Orpingtons. 4 hens and 1 Rooster. They have started mating vigorously over the past couple of days. The hens have not started laying yet, but my question is...