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I've never hatched eggs before. I had a broody hen and I felt bad for her due to the fact that we have no rooster. I took a few fertile eggs from my boss, whom has almost too many, and gave them to Nannette. She has kicked all but one out. We are at day 14. My question is, "Will there be a...

I have two 2.5 year old Faverolles that slowed their egg production back in May. The last egg that was laid by one of them was during the first week of June. They appear to be healthy. Their combs are nice and red, they aren't molting, and there is no signs of egg yolk peritonitis. I did add 3...

I obtained a 10 month old Polish from a guy approximately 12 days ago. I have her in quarantine in a large dog kennel until I'm sure she is healthy. This is my first Polish and also my first time taking an adult hen in. My questions are: Do they lay late? Could it be the cold? Is it the stress...

My Blue Copper Maran started laying only a few weeks ago. She is approximately 8 months old. She hasn't layer an egg since mid last week. The last 4 days she has been isolating herself from the flock. This morning I noticed that she had an excess of poop matted up around her vent. I cleaned her...

My flock has gotten fowl pox. It started about two weeks ago. The first to show signs was Nannette. Nannette's head was all covered in blood this morning. I carried her in and cleaned her up the best one can clean up a chicken that is living. I put Vetricin on all her spots. I think the pox got...

I have a Blue Copper Maran that is almost 31 weeks old. She hasn't started laying yet. The 2 Salmon Faverolles that are the same age have been laying for a few weeks now. Could it be the Florida heat? Could there be something wrong?

I have three 4 month old hens and two 10 week girls. This must have come from one of the older ones, but if can't tell who. Everyone is acting totally normal and there was none on the droppings board or anywhere else. Should this be a rise for concern?

I ordered the Sand Dipper Jr from Amazon last week. It's perfect! I can reach the farthest corners of the poop board and scoop the run without crouching down. The openings are also the perfect size. The sand and rocks fall through, but the droppings stay in the little basket. Love this! :ya...

It's gotten pretty warm down here in Florida with highs in the 80s and lows around 65. I set up a small "safe zone" for my 4 week old chicks in the coop because they were going NUTS in the brooder. I used scraps from the roofing material to build a barrier inside the coop. I left a small opening...

One of my 3 week old chicks has had consistently runny mustardy poo for the last few days. Yesterday she blew one out on my arm that was also watery. Today I cleaned out the brooder and added corid to the water. When I went home for lunch, everything looked wayyyyy better. Is it possible that it...

My 3 ladies are about 11 weeks old and have been in the coop for a month now. I let them into the run a week and a half later. The 1st couple of nights I had to put them into the coop and lift them to the roost at sundown. The 3rd night I had a surprise. I saw no chickens in the run! I peeked...

I'm interested in everyone's hand sanitization solutions in the backyard. Currently we have soap and a hose. I want to do something that will be visually encouraging as well as practical. I looked into the foam dispensers like you see in restrooms or at the zoo. The dispensers themselves aren't...

Is there anything one can do(i.e. feed, light, temperature) to increase the thickness of the bloom on a chicken's egg? My girls aren't laying yet. I'm curious because I've been reading that it's actually the bloom that causes eggs to appear pink or purple. Colorful eggs are so neat! :D

I got these from a local breeder that assured me they were indeed Ameraucanas. Someone said on another thread that they are EE's. All in all it doesn't matter, but I want to know what they are and why. I looked at the Ameraucana Club scrapbook and they look like the Silvers to me. I'm soooooo...

A week ago I brought home what I though were 2 six day old Amerauca chicks. A week later, one of the chicks is almost twice as large as the other. The big one is not only twice as big, but also twice as lively. The breeder says the larger one may be an accidental roo, the smaller may be an...