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Ok, so as the title says, one of my hens went broody, so I gave her two fertilised eggs. One of the eggs mysteriously disappeared, but the other successfully hatched out yesterday. The little chicky only lasted a day though. But what I really want to know is, what will the hen most likely do...

So I went out to collect the eggs this morning, and found this: The carten clearly has more than just todays eggs, but the white egg is the mystory. On the left are Eenies eggs, I know she didn't lay it, her egg was where she usually leavs them. Then there are Meenie's light brown eggs, I...

Ok, so I was out building the new coop for Tigga(new EE chick), that will become a broody coop when I have the little one integrated. I had Tigga(in a pet carier) spending time with the big girls in there pen when I heard a comotion. At first I though that some how Tigga had gotten out of the...

Ok, my new EE chick finally arived last night, and it is sweet and very friendly. I know one of it's parents is an Araucana (here in Australia they have tails), but I don't know what the other parent was. I'm also not sure how old the chick is. So, is there any way to tell how old, what gender...

Meenie, my girl that just started laying, has become possessive of the nest box. I only have one nesting box in the pen, and other nesting sites around where they free range. I've been keeping them in the pen until Meenie lays for the past few days since Meenie originally rejected the spots that...

Ok, so my partner decided to buy me a single Easter Egger chick. Not sure how old as I haven't seen it yet, and he didn't say (he's out of town at the moment and won't be back until monday). I've been talking to him about wanting Araucanas, and blue/green eggs, so I guess this is his way of...

I'm completely brand new to owning chickens, but have wanted to try it. I have four that are about 13 weeks old (bought when they were ten weeks). They were bought on the pretence that they were all female, but I'm begining to wonder about a couple of them. The two in question tend to have more...