Long story, short: we have 2 roosters, one is part of a LF BBS Cochin trio and one is a Welsummer. So far they've been getting along pretty well, but today they began fighting, so we separated them. The cochin is with his matching hens and the Welsummer has the other 12 hens of various...
2 buffs hatched mid April, no eggs. My husband really does not like them and I keep telling him he will love the eggs, but the ducks are not producing. They are living on borrowed time at this point. Can anyone tell me an average age buffs begin to lay eggs? Will they lay throughout the...
I picked up some turkey eggs from Michigan State Univ. - got them for free, so nothing to lose, I have 5 in my Brinsea and 5 under my Black Cochin, I hope I get something! I've never hatched anything before. I'm constantly running out to the coop and into the room where the incubator is...
I just can't figure it out. The little whitish color egg? I have 3 SLW and 3 BO that are 10 months old and have been laying since January. The cochins are young, only 15 weeks, but who else would have laid the egg?
For the past 2 weeks my 6 chickens have been producing a total of 3 eggs a day. Prior to this I have gotten 5 or 6 per day. Here are the facts:
1. The chickens are 10 months old and have been laying since Jan/Feb. 2.They free range all day and I have searched everywhere for eggs laid outside...
Now I have to do some detective work to find out which of the six chix laid the egg. Is there a difference in color between Buff Orp. and S.L Wyandotte eggs? The chickens are exactly the same age (hatched on September 1st), so I can't really use age, all the wattles and combs are bright red...