I'm expecting a few chicks to hatch tomorrow 9/11. I''m using a Brower still air Incubator, the temperature has been steady between 99-103. Humidity has been between 35-45% (due to unusual thunderstorms in Colorado these past few weeks.) I've turned the eggs three times a day doing quarter...
My beautiful Black Cochin hen went broody again this summer, June to be specific. She collected four fertile eggs in her clutch a few weeks into her broody-ness. The other 20 something we threw out. Fast forward to present day, two of the four have hatched! Oh lard are they cute.
The other...
Today, I got this tiny egg from my hens. I am aware it is definitely a bantam egg, and the first!
However - I am wondering if it belongs to my Red Frizzle Cochin bantam hen OR my Easter Egger/Red Pyle Old English bantam hen (she is a mix). The Red Frizzle Cochin is a year old, but I just...
I have dreams of building a new chicken coop! Please offer your advice and topic-related pictures with consideration to my flocks "needs"!
Currently, I have an 8ftx8ft coop that was converted from an old shed. It features 12 simple plywood nesting boxes and a low roost. For extra roosting...