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Hi all, I need your advice. I have Spanish Black hen who is stressed out and picking at her feet and feathers. She hatched 1 set of 10 babies and then had another set 8 eggs that did not hatch out. She sat on the nest a long time over 28days and never hatched out one baby, I picked up the 8 eggs...

I have a young cockrel blue cochin who has red in his wing feathers. Wondering if this is a breed trait or should I remove him from my breeding stock? Appreciate any information on this.

Hello, I have 2 EAs and 1 Cochin that were in breeding pens from Jan - April. During that time, the hens got neck and barebacks from mating. Once I got enough eggs hatched, I pulled the hens out of the breeder pens to heal up and rest. Well it's been since early April and they still have not...

Question - Is it unhealthy for a hen to sit on a nest continuously (one hatch and then another hatch)? I have a 1st time momma hen who hatched 6 babys, 1 died due to her pecking it. So I took the rest of the babies and put them in a brooder becuase she was pecking them too. Now that was a week...