Thanks for the info! The lady I that gave me the fertile eggs said to keep them in the coup the first 2 weeks which is why I have kept them in.
Next question, do you think we have enough warm days that I won't need to get any warmers for this batch of hens? (As you know the weather here has been...
Our broody hen just hatched some chicks for a friend of mine, I am giving her back all the hatch when they are 4 weeks old. I had a couple losses this summer so I wanted to get a couple hens from our local feed shop. The chicks I have will be 2 weeks old when the feed shops get the chicks in...
So, many of my eggs have a brown little worm looking thing (for lack of a better way to describe it) and I always wonder to myself if I have a transgender chicken and those eggs are actually fertilized. ha. Today however however I found an egg with lots of "debri". I do have a newer orpington...
My brother in law was given this chick but he didn't want it so we added it to our collection. :) Can anyone tell me the breed? Trying to figure out her general characteristics and what type of egg she'll lay. Right now all I know is that she is a very noisy eater.
Thanks!!!