Just wondering if it is normal for a chick to hatch with a bit of blood? One of my chicks that just began to chirp and peck at the shell had a bit of blood on the veins from the sack in the shell. Is this normal?
I have read many threads about people hatching their eggs in incubators, whether they are homemade or bought from a trusted website. Everyone has their own methods of egg incubation and I want to soak up as much useful information as I can. For the experts that hatch by the dozen or have hatched...
I have six chicken, two roos, and four hens. Ive had one too for two years, one hen for six months, one hen for three months and two hens for two weeks. None of them let themselves so I could carry them, pet them or put the roos on my shoulders. Usually they are calm around me but whenever I do...
My alpha female died about a month ago and i recently bought two more hens, none of them are aggressive towards each other, my hen that died was the only one to peck new hens that were introduced to the flock. I guess that won't be a problem.....
What are your experiences? I want to make my chickens broody or at least encourage them to turn broody I would want some chicks!
What is the best way, or is there even a way?
Great! I have two bantams and two Large chickens and I was wondering if the larger "broody" chickens would get too territorial against the smaller chickens?
I just finished building a nesting box for my hens, four hens in total. Just an hour after building it my Old English laid one egg, i decided to not divide it for now to see if they will lay. Would i need to divide the large rectangular nesting box? It is 4x2 ft.
I know its better to divide it...