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Not sure if I am explaining this, I know they are not feathers yet, this is probably about my 5th or 6th time now hatching in my incubator,, but this is the first time I have actually seen tiny hairs all over in my incubator,, I could take a picture but you won't be able to see it with my crappy...

So last winter for heating the chicken coop I did the Deep Layer whatever it's called using pile layered on pile layered on pile of hay/straw. It is my first time doing this and it worked great, no odor, dry inside the coop, etc. Anyhow, Spring is coming, slowly coming,, how can I use this...

I have a Showgirl that is going on 14 days sitting on some fertilized eggs from other hens. I am currently incubating eggs inside that are on day 16. I am new to allowing a hen to sit on eggs so I am not sure what I need to be doing for her in the coop. During the past 2 weeks, I have had to...

Just looking for some advice,,, so my broody hen,, is just under a year old,,, she tried to be broody a few months back in the fall, did not work out, but now,,, she has been sitting on 7 eggs and going on day 14 now,, She is a black Showgirl,,, I have about 40 eggs in my incubator, I started...

I have 4 chicks that are 19 wks,and 16 chicks that are 15 wks, not sure what sex they are yet. The father/rooster was a white silkie pure breed. I had 1 hen that gave me 5 eggs, she was a white silkie pure breed so I know which 5 are hers and are 100% Silkie chicks but not the sex. I had 3...

So,, the waiting game, OMG, I have the incubator in my bedroom, I can hear some of them chirping,, so on day 19. I have incubated about 4 times now, but the ones I did in the past were all Silkie fathered and ALL hatched on day 18. This new batch, is all fathered by a Silver coated or...

This is my first time having a broody hen. My Showgirl just started laying about a month ago, laid for 2 weeks, then went broody sitting on an empty nest box for about a week, now she has been sitting on a nest box that has 7 fertilized eggs from other hens, not hers. She had plucked lots of her...

Newbie here,, mainly got chickens for the eggs,, but am incubating and hatching babies,,,,, was just wondering if I can just fatten up and butcher the ones that turn out to be roosters? Not a market up here in my area for cocks, you can get them for free on CL. So I would love to branch off some...

She starting acting lethargic yesterday evening and has been all day today. She is just standing still in 1 spot like she is trying to sleep. I spent awhile trying to search on here for similiar problems but could not find an answer. She is 12 days old today, was hatched with 6 others that are...

Hi all, still new to the chicken thing. So I have a Silkie that has not laid in 5 weeks, then laid 1 egg 2 days ago and 1 today. I have 3 other different breed laying hens that are a bit over 2 years old. They used to lay every day but the last couple of weeks I have only been getting 0-2...

So my rooster is now a year old, white Silkie. Had him and my chicks/hens for about 2 months now. All of a sudden, the rooster now attacks me from behind, usually after I have fed/watered them all and am leaving. He has been doing this for days now, when my back is turned,, I feel my ankles...

I have an 8' x 12' Shed with a ceiling height of 7-8'. I want to divide it down the center leaving a section for myself to walk in and maybe some supplies. I want to add a 2nd story as well that is also divided down the middle. I want to build ladders for the adults to be able to walk in and...

So my baby girl, *18 month old Husky/Shepherd baby" has been depressed since my chicks hatched yesterday. I have the brooder in my mud room, and she has been laying/sleeping beside it, but it is not on ground level. She is hanging out near them, won't play or nothing. She even found an old...

I am new to this,,, only did one batch b4 and that was about 3 weeks ago, got 2 outa 3 Silkie chicks that hatches,, back when we had the bad storm here, lost power, etc. I think I was just lucky the 2 even hatched and are doing ok now. Anyhow, I have NOT been "candeling the eggs" at all. I am...

I have 9 eggs in the incubator and today is day 18. I unplugged the automatic egg rotator thing. Do I remove the thing that holds all the eggs and place the egss now on the metal screen or am I just supposed to leave them in the egg holder thing? I hope I am explaining myself right. I am a...

They hatched,, only have 2,,, they hatched when we had that bad storm the beginning of August. So they are titty mamas, meaning, I guess I am their mama,,,,, The 2 are now 3 weeks old, I don't think they have their feathers yet,, This is my first with all this.. I made a tiny run that I can put...

Hi everyone, I could use a little advice. I have tried to read up on different threads on here and look at pictures, etc. but I am still nervous and confused. I have Silkie eggs in the bator, one is on day 20, one on day 18 and one on day 14. While I have several hens in the coop, my silkie...

I was searching the internet trying to find laying hens and I came across this site and thought I would join. I'm in Norhern Michigan, (below the bridge). Still trying to finish up our Chicken Tractor and getting the garden planted. I had no luck on C/L looking for laying hens and was hoping...