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I’ve done it with a duck eggs from incubator she was broody maybe 5 days. Put newly hatched and pipping eggs under her. She raised them

Hi I have a chicken brooding Muscovy duck eggs. Will she sit the 35 days required? Thanks in advance Phil

Question I have a hen who I think is going broody. She did last year as well and hatched and reared a few chicks she was a great mother. I cUrrently have Muscovy duck eggs in an incubator due to hatch in 2 weeks. If it put them under the broody to have her hatch and rear them will she if they...

hi all I have a Easter egger rooster, 8 Easter egger, 2 cream leg bar and a barred rock hen one of the cream leg bars went broody and I let her sit on 3 bared rock eggs. All went went she hatched the 3 eggs is being very protective is brooding them etc. she hasn't left the coop since they...

Had a bald eagle in the yard today! Chickens were out he was chasing a large crow, too busy I guess to go after the chickens. We moved to DE lots of wildlife here. Chickens are in a secure coop but are let out when we are around.

He did a few weeks ago haven't noticed recently 13 pullets plus him

Update on the silent cockerel My neighbor who had a roster that crowed all day long has been relocated I thought maybe that's why my guy has been quiet He has been gone over a week and my guy still nothing! He is 5 plus months old definitely a cockerel crowed early on nothing since. Thoughts?

BTW he's an Easter egger

Hi all Relocated to Delaware started over with a batch of "pullets" but one turned out to be a cockerel which is ok as we are on 4 acres and a neighbor already has a rooster. My guy at 10 ish weeks started crowing a bit not a full blown crow but def confirmed he's a he. I new he was a he...

I have 2 barred rock 1 buff Orpington and and an Easter egger( light blue egg) that I need to rehome. All young I am in ocean county nj

Raccoons out in daytime could very well be rabid. Especially if he didn't show any fear of you.

Need to separate them but keep in cages next to each other for a while. Then try reintroducing.

Male. Blue cere in adult male, brown female in most color varieties except harlequin where in the boys the cere is more pinkish

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