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My son hatched eggs 3 years ago for his science fair project. We used refrigerated versus non refrigerated eggs as our test and the hypothesis was that the refrigerated eggs would have a lower hatch rate. My daughter wants to use hatching chicken eggs for her project this year but we need a...

Could it be a bruise?

I would be very skeptical that a necklace would keep a rooster from crowing.

I just wanted to share a bit. This seems like the appropriate place. Bear with me. 3 years ago I decided that I wanted to raise chickens as a backyard pet and for those beautiful, cruelty free eggs. This began a journey. I informed my husband that for my birthday I wanted him to build me a...

Well, I'm sad to say that my sweet Faith (she is my avatar) was dead this morning when I went to care for her. I will miss her terribly!

thank you. I soaked her in a warm bath, still couldn't get the egg to move. I broke the egg, got the pieces of shell out and she immediately laid another soft shell egg. I have rubbed her with Preparation H and she is resting in a towel in my lap. I will give her some more Preparation H in...

My favorite white Leghorn who is 3 years old has a prolapse with stuck egg this morning. It's horrible! I can't get the egg to move. Her uterus is outside of her body. I tried soaking in warm water but I can't get the egg to budge. I rubbed Preparation H onto as much as I could. I can't...

Awesome news today! My rooster is getting along wonderfully at his new home. The other roosters at the house accepted him with no problem, there's been no fighting. The people like him too and think he's pretty (which he is). Couldn't have turned out better.

Well, as it turns out I did find a home for him. My son's friend's parents said it would be OK for him to live there. After I exhausted him by chasing him around with a bath towel, he finally gave up and let me catch him. I kind of miss the crowing but I definitely don't miss having to carry...

Thanks, everyone. I may bring a dog house into the bathroom and put him in it. I don't plan on keeping him. He's driving me crazy. But I can't kill him--I hatched him from an egg. I can't convince my husband to do it either. I haven't gone to Craigslist--yet. My son has a friend that...

Here is my dilemma. I have a rooster that is 6 months old. I am trying to give him away but no one seems to want him. Go figure! Anyway, the immediate problem is that my neighbor is complaining about him. They are having their daughter's wedding reception outside on Saturday evening. If I...

Wow, that's a beautiful pond. I would love to have one like that full of ducks. Unfortunately where I live it would be impossible. And when I was gazing longingly at the baby ducks at Tractor Supply my husband barked "No ducks!" Oh, well, enjoy!

If you start over, I would suggest the Ador automatic chicken door. Then you don't have the problem of having to let them out when you're running late. I hated going out in the rain to let mine out and trying to fight with a covered run and umbrella and such. This door is so worth it! I'm...

Sorry for your loss. I had a hawk attack earlier this week. Like you, I had not had any trouble with predators. Wednesday evening as we were sitting down to eat supper, my flock of 12 was free-ranging in my fenced in back yard. My husband looked out the window in time to see a hawk divebomb...

Plastic fencing works well. That's what I've used. I just recently introduced 4 Swedish Flower Hens that I hatched to my flock of 9 girls. It worked very well. The older girls still peck at the younger ones if treats are involved but they basically didn't bother them at all.

I've found that when adding new birds it's always good to let them live where they can see each other but can't get to each other for a few weeks. That way they're not strangers when they get together. If they can be where they can see each other but not attack that lets them get acclimated to...

This morning I went out and my door had opened only a couple of inches. This is not the first time it's done this. It did it one day when I was on vacation and when my chicken sitter came in the evening, the chickens rushed out and were terribly thirsty. Anyone have any experience with this...

Thank you! I knew I had seen reasons somewhere but sometimes searching takes so long. Hopefully my rooster won't drive my neighbors crazy and can stick around! Maybe in a few months we will be good to go.

I have a Swedish Flower Hen rooster in with my 3 Swedish Flower Hens and my other assorted girls. He is just getting interested in the ladies, and my Swedish Flower Hens are just about POL. They were hatched on 3/20. When they start laying, is there any danger in trying to hatch their first...

And I also discovered they were roosters by the sudden crowing and came to find out all 4 of my black "pullets" were roosters.