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I put ceramic eggs in my nesting box in order to stop a chicken from eating eggs. I seemed to work but when I went out one morning, one of the ceramic eggs was missing. About a week later the other was missing. Well whatever chicken was breaking the eggs stopped so I just let it go...

One of my chicks has hatched. I have 6 others, 2 of which have piped. How long do I leave the just hatched one in the incubator? Do I take him out before all have hatched or do I take it out when dried?

Are you supposed to lock it down on the 18th day in the morning, at the end of the day, or what?

When I went out to feed and water this morning one of my chicks was gone and feathers were everywhere. Another had it's tail feathers ripped out. I found the missing chick in the run with no head and a hole where something ate part of the insides. What is the most likely culprit? A opossum?

I just picked up 6 pullets. I is a week old and the others only a couple of days. When can I put them in a separate coop withing the chicken run and then when can I let them mix with the others that are about 1 1/2 years old?

I have a chicken that went broody and on Monday I realized she was sitting on the eggs (4). Another was laid in that box on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, and one on Thursday which she has gathered up under her. Do I start the count of days on Monday or on Thursday? Also, do I need to remove her and...

Last week I lost a hen. I was at home and I let the chickens out of the pen. When I put them away that evening one was missing. I didn't hear anything and I was outside with them most of the time. Well, today my sister let them out before I got home. When I drove up most of the chickens came to...

One of my hens wants to stay in the nesting boxes all of the time whether there are eggs or not. She squawks and carries on when I make her get out. I think she has even rolled eggs from one nest to another. What is going on with her?

I have some chickens that are about 4 1/2 months old. I also have one rooster. If I start feeding the hens layer feed can the rooster have that too? Is there something else I should give him? Thanks in advance.

I am a fairly new member and started because something got most of my chicks. I've never kept chickens on my own before but recently moved close to my sister and we decided to raise some ourselves. I work in a children's home and we kept chickens a couple of years back and I enjoyed interacting...

When I went out to feed my chickens this morning around 7:00 I noticed one of the coop was broken. Something had broken into the nesting box area and all the young chickens were gone. 2 were lying there dead. It looked like they had broken necks. There was a pile of feathers from another one...