I placed 11 eggs under our broody buff 5/18. Monday the 8th 4 hatched and 5 eggs were left, she had kicked out two earlier in the game that were bad. One of the last blue eggs I had under her exploded. I cleaned up the eggs and candled them. I can not hear peeping. Three I could not see anything...
Hi everyone,
We lost our first hen today. She laid a perfect egg day before yesterday. It's not unusual for her to skip a day or two. I let them all out to free range around 10. At noon I noticed her sitting under a tree by herself and figured she was just dust bathing. At 2 I brought out...
I have three buffs, one is new to laying and the other two are both acting broody. They'll sit on the nest for a few hours. Growl get fluffed up when off. Run away clucking and fluffed but the one that was serious and trying to nest at night is no longer sitting. Crazy girls. The weather...
I have an Easter Egger Rooster and 9 types of hens.
I have the following:
Red Stars
Golden Comets
Leghorns
Buff Orpingtons
Silver Laced Wyandotte's
Black Australourps
Cuckoo Maran
Barred Rock
and of course Easter Egger Hens
I know for sure I will put the Easter egger hen eggs under her but...
This little girl kept me busy being a nurse today. I put her in an Epsom salt bath right after I noticed her limping. Then I kept her in my lap for an hour and let her rest. I checked her all over, no visible sign of what is causing the limp. No swelling. She laid her egg today so she is not egg...
Fancypants1 & Amy,
Sorry for the delayed response. All my birds have done great over the winter. I've only had the water freeze solid once. They don't seem to mind the cold that much although when it was below freezing the roosters did shiver but they just huddled together. The girls have...
This is their nesting boxes, they are very dark and secluded. We have them built into the wall with outside access for us to get the eggs. They are roll out nesting boxes as well just in case we get egg eaters.
Where they are currently laying they have no privacy and are out in the open. It...
I have 5 girls laying since the 4th of July. They have all decided to nest in the roost area. I have done everything I can think of to get them to lay in the boxes but they are not having it. I have nesting pads, dry grass, fresh herbs, fake eggs and golf balls in there. Any other ideas? I think...
Thank you, I've tried keeping them inside all day. Now three are laying in the roosting area. Guess when Faith saw that both Hope and Grace were laying up there she needed to do the same. I have a fake ceramic egg in one box and a golf ball in the other nesting box. I have nesting pads, dried...
Our chicken adventure has turned out great!!! We are loving having chickens, so much fun! Two of our girls started laying last week. The first egg we go was from one of our Golden Comets named Hope. Was not sure she would ever lay again as she laid the egg on the 4th of July and got quite the...
Yep, the one on the left let out a crow 2 days ago. After they did a little dance all fluffed up today I am convinced I picked the 2 roosters out of 100 that were suppose to be 98% pullets.
I would love to keep them but we can only have 10 fowl per city ordinance and so 2 roos for 8 hens I think would be a little too much. That and I don't think either of them would be happy with that ratio. They did a little dance today with full fluff going. Wish I had my phone to video it. They...
When I saw them bumping chest I thought they would probably end up mates. Melody does not have a distinct crow just yet. I was really hoping they'd be mates.