I am "blessed" with several broodies right now. Normally I take all the eggs but I am allowing them to set now. My question is what do you do when the nest box is 3 ft off the ground? How does the hen get them down or do I take them down and then how would they get back to the hen if she is...
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!
It all began when I plucked some big ol' eggs from the nests for several days in a row sometime in October. I candled them and was able to see two yolks in each one. These eggs just seemed so special and we had so many of them that I decided to set three of...
My nest boxes...
Wow, today I got my first egg! I was so excited! I carried it around with me for hours while I showed everyone and called everyone to tell them. I am not sure which hen it came from! I have 2 barred rocks, a white hen and a red hen. Here is a picture of the egg...
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Welcome to the coop!
Thought I better make another page...I like pictures!
The white one is Lulu....she loves to come near me, but I can NOT pick her up. She is so fast! As soon as my hands come near her, she's gone! Is she a white rock? I don't think she is a leghorn.
Ok, the Barred...
...they all look the same. Light colored, but beautiful!
June 09 Quail_Antwerp says: THE THIRD ONE JUST HATCHED! THE THIRD ONE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!! *doin' happy dancy*
I have two blues and a black!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a 4th is pipped...
Hi and welcome to my page, my real name is and I live Rebeccain West Tennessee near Milan.
On March 24, 2008 I picked up my first chickens ever from Rural King in Martin, TN. I was so excited!! I had been wanting chickens for a while, but thought I needed a coop first. I finally realized...
I put some eggs in the 'bator tonight so tomorrow will be day 1! I have a 9 year old foster son that has never seen chicks hatch before, so we can hardly wait!!
~Rebecca
I am so sorry that I cannot answer the questions about fertility. All three grew up totally normal, but I sold them before laying age. They were special to me, but I only have so much space, so I had to sell them. I kinda regret it now, because I would like to be able to answer some of these...