Last month I noticed a decline in egg production over the course of several days. I didn't think anything of it since I figured it was getting close to time for a molt. While clearing brush one day, I discovered a pile of eggs in a scratched out hole. Not knowing how long the eggs were there...
Hi, I just started incubating my first chicken eggs. I've never done chicken eggs before but I have done geckos. I got 4 fertile eggs from a friends flock. She has Ameraucanas and Cochins. I got one Cochin and 3 blue Ameraucana eggs I realize that odds are at least one egg will not hatch but I...
I bought this trio from a NPIP breeder who assured me that they were Black Copper Marans. They came from chocolate colored eggs and they looked just like the pictures of other BCM chicks on the web. Now that they are 5 weeks old and have began feathering out. I have come to the conclusion...
Hi, I am a new member with a new backyard flock. I was given 4 hens and a rooster last week. I believe they are RIRs they are approximately 5 months old. I originally was supposed to get two laying hens to lay while my trio of BCMs in the brooder grow up some. I have to find something to do...