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I guess I have my first broody hen...She has been sitting for 2 days now with 3 eggs under her. She is one of my little mutt hens and as sweet as they come. She did not even flinch when I moved her to see the eggs. Should I be concerned that she is sitting in the most popular nest box...

...Lay an egg? I have 5 RIRs in with some of my mutt hens. The mutt hens all lay a good egg. Today I went out to gather the eggs and found this tiny little penny sized egg.... My best guess on the age of my RIR's is arounf 12 weeks...14 at the oldest. Anyway...just wondering who it might...

a chick to fully develop in the egg....but look like the insides were outside?!?!?! What I mean is that the chick had fully developed...Feathers, feet, beak, everything..except it looked like the internal organs were still on the outside of the chick. I am trying to learn more...so if I did...

With the recent growth of my flock...blamed on the close proximity of the Lake City Poultry Show...I am forced, yeah forced, to expand my coops to accomodate. I decided, that with all the pallets available, I would use them to add on to my existing coop. So...Here are a few pics of the...

Hey all...My last little Delaware that hatched came out with a bit more yolk on it than I have seen before. The chic dried OK but has a lot of sticky left on it...also some eggshell bits too. Can the chic be cleaned? and if so...how or with what? Or should I just let the chick take care of it?

I just put my 14 Delaware eggs in the Hatcher...WooHoo, 3 days to go! I am totally excited about this hatch. I have not wanted any chicken more than these Dels....I'm a bit nervous! This whole hatching thing is completely nerve racking!!! But its oh so worth it when you see them come out of...

Some of you might have read about my "Quest" to get Marans and Orps from the UK. I have some problems that I need some advice on: 1) I need some ideas on keeping the eggs warm during shipping. How they could be packed. 2) How might aircraft pressurization affect the eggs, if at all? 3) I...

STALKING ME!?!?!? My RIR (Ricky Bobby) has become pretty aggresive lately. He has always had free roam of the property and been more of a pet than anything. The past few weeks he has decided that he is bigger than I am. He stalks me whenever I am outside and attempts to flog me when the...

To switch to red wine after the white runs out???? Happy New Year to all you wonderful BYCers...

I have an oportunity to buy some eggs through a USAF buddy in the UK. I have some pics of the Hens and Roo from this breeder. Also have some pics of the eggs they are producing. I am really new to Marans and would like some opinions on these birds. I would not normally care but the cost in...

Hi all...Just got back from the local Feed store with a question. I know that I should dust my birds for mites...seeing as how I am new to the chicken thing I went to the feed store to ask what I should use. The nice guy at the store gave me "Hi-Yield dusting sulphur". Is this OK to dust my...

The holidays have been a great time for new babies down here in GA. My Marans hatched the day after X-mas and I have some new Silkies as well. These little ones were hatched about 2 weeks ago. Delawares are due to hatch in weeks...

Its a good day...My Delaware eggs got here today! 14 little future fuzzy butts in the Bator!!!! Delawares have been on my most wanted list from the beginning...

I have 8 black marans in the bator for my first ever hatch. Its only day 11 and I am already freekin out! Sheesh how do you guys do it without going stir crazy. Is the temp right, Is the humidity OK, Did I turn them enough, Did they get handled bad during shipping...OMG?!?!?!?!?! The eggs...

For those of you with a lot of chickens, different breeds, different ages...How do you keep track of how old your birds are? Do you have a tracking log or something? Just one of those questions I think about when I get bored...Sitting at home with a really bad cold!!!! Thanks in advance

Dont know if this is the right area to post but... Does anyone know of any good auctions in south GA. I am in Nashville. I keep hearing about great finds on chicken wire at auctions. Just curious if we had any around here. Thanks in advance.

I have a little giant incubator with forced air fan. I have the plugs out, and the channels full of water. I cant seem to get the blasted humidity over 28%.... I am in south GA so humidity is not normally a problem. The room and bator temps are perfect. I even went as far as adding a wet...

My 4 little mutt hens are really doin their job. I have had 7 eggs in the past 2 days. I have only had my chickens for a bit over a month now. I never expected them to do such a good job this early. I cant wait for my fuzzy butt RIR's to grow up now. This is so much fun...chickens are way...

I just got my first chicks ever yesterday. I have now added 5 RIR and 1 BR to the flock. My daughter loves this little one!

Actually I only have one real question. I have done a ton of reading in this forum....you guys really know your stuff The one thing I have not seen concerns the fan. I am going to put a compter fan in my bator. My question is...Does the fan run all the time? I see that the light is...