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I tried my hand at letting our hens hatch a few eggs on their own. Rooster is an Americana and hens were most likely black australops, or Rhode Island reds, or new Hampshire reds. The new Hampshire hen did the most of the incubating along with 2 black australops double teaming the nest box next...

We picked up 12 more "layers" to add to our flock early this spring 4 black australops, 4 new hampshire reds, 2 silver laced wyandots, and 2 auracanas. All were supposed to be pullets. Clearly not true because we have 2 black australop roos, a rooster i m not sure of the breed, and one that i...

I have searched a lot and still havent 100% found my answer. I have a plymoth barred rock hen that started out acting a little lethargic. the next day i noticed some poop on her tail feathers near her vent. it was a yellow/green liquidy poop. she has lost a lot of weight. i put her in a cage...

this is my first year raising chicks. i started out with 28 meat birds and 6 ducks. 3 weeks after i got them i got 4 rhode island reds, 3 plymoth barred rocks, and 1 more duck. the younger birds have been in their own part of the coop seperated from the older birds until about a week ago when i...

i started out with 28 cornish cross day old chicks. i lost one at about 4 weeks due to what i would guess was "flip". At this time i went from food available 24hrs to 12hrs on 12 hrs off. the other 27 are right at 9 weeks now and will be off to the processor on wednesday. they are eating...

i would like to start by thanking everyone on the site for all of the great information that is on here. this is my first year doing birds. i started with 28 cornish cross day old chicks, 4 khaki campbell day old chicks, 1 pekin and 1 runner day old chicks. they are almost 9 weeks old now. when...