Question
I have a hen who I think is going broody. She did last year as well and hatched and reared a few chicks she was a great mother.
I cUrrently have Muscovy duck eggs in an incubator due to hatch in 2 weeks. If it put them under the broody to have her hatch and rear them will she if they...
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I have a Easter egger rooster, 8 Easter egger, 2 cream leg bar and a barred rock hen one of the cream leg bars went broody and I let her sit on 3 bared rock eggs. All went went she hatched the 3 eggs is being very protective is brooding them etc. she hasn't left the coop since they...
Had a bald eagle in the yard today! Chickens were out he was chasing a large crow, too busy I guess to go after the chickens. We moved to DE lots of wildlife here. Chickens are in a secure coop but are let out when we are around.
Update on the silent cockerel
My neighbor who had a roster that crowed all day long has been relocated I thought maybe that's why my guy has been quiet
He has been gone over a week and my guy still nothing! He is 5 plus months old definitely a cockerel crowed early on nothing since. Thoughts?
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Relocated to Delaware started over with a batch of "pullets" but one turned out to be a cockerel which is ok as we are on 4 acres and a neighbor already has a rooster.
My guy at 10 ish weeks started crowing a bit not a full blown crow but def confirmed he's a he. I new he was a he...
The sister in law has chickens in ct. Came home one day with some fertile eggs. Hatched them in my hovibator
Ended up with 5 silkie x white crested black polish mixes. Figured the odds were good some would be roosters so bought 2 buff orph and 2 barred rock pullets same age. I was right only...
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Just past 1 year with chickens. Enjoying them except for all the poop in the yard on the deck etc. we let them out to forage as much as we can they have lots of cover but we have had 2 hawk close calls nobody wAs hurt.