My chicks are 26 days old hatched by my broody hen. Yesterday she left them and went out to forage all day(they won't seem to follow her that far away from the coop) but did spend the night with them on their nest. Today she looks like she's done brooding and has left them(she also laid an...
Does anyone know if hatching eggs in the cooler fall weather is generally less successful? Do the eggs incubate properly and is it to cold for the babies? I'm planning on giving my broody hen some eggs on Friday and this will be her first hatch. I'm in Nashville and right now it's 50s at...
Hey y'all, I would like to put some fertile Buff Orpington eggs under my stubborn broody hen, anybody have any they wanna sell? My hen looks awful because she's been broody for over a month, please help! I'm new to chickens and didn't know what was going on for awhile so I didn't try to break...