Recent content by Louieandthecrew

Here is the chick that we took from it's shell because it was dead from accidentally collecting it from underneath the hen. This was about four days ago.

I went into the coop on 3/17 and one of our workers had written on the box "brooding since 3/15". So I've just been going along that. It may have just been that that's when the first egg was lain, but I'm not sure. We accidentally collected a numbered egg (which meant it was fertile when...

I didn't think it sounded right. However, I haven't been home in two days so they may have hatched on day 28 which would be great news for me! I just haven't heard anything back from the friends that are watching them while I'm away. I'll try to update you all when I get back tonight. Thank you!

Hi all! I have a quick question. My Buff Orpington hen is about a year old now and she is brooding for the first time. She has been sitting on her eggs for thirty days now and I was wondering if any of you have ever had chicks staying inside their eggs for such a long time? We've candeled...

The egg should be completely dark and not see through except for an air sac in the top (almost) half of the egg.

Your drake should get the job done by the first day, but it's best to give him about a week for him to fertilize the eggs.

My Buff Orpington hen has been brooding for twenty-nine days and we are still chick-less. We know that five of her seven eggs are fertile and very far along. She has not abandoned them and she has been turning them just like she should. However, there aren't any baby chicks running around our...

Awesome! Thank you all for the input. She's definitely full grow and she's definitely a girl, but that really all I have to say! PS. I haven't been on here since before the new setup for the site was made, so could someone tell me how to put up a picture? Thank you very much :)

Hey friends, I don't get on here much but I have a quick question. I'm not sure of the age of my turkey hen we have and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or ways to tell. We're hoping for turkey eggs :) We found her in September 2011 (not too long ago, yes) and put her in our coop just...