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Hi! I'm petsitting for a friend of mine who has a chicken. I've pet sat for this chicken several times before. :) This is the first time - from petsitting, or my own chickens (when I had some) - I've seen eggs in the laying-pan be broken. I looked in the forums, and I saw that this is pretty...

I have 1 mix breed roo and 1 mix breed hen which I need to re-home. I am no longer able to keep them on the land they've been on, and I am not allowed to have livestock where I live, so I want to give them a new home. I have raised both from chicks - they are 3 years old. Cookie Monster (roo)...

Hi! Today I decided to free range my chickens together for the first time. My flock consists of one established rooster (Cookie Monster), one established hen (Bertram), and their daughter (Miracle). Once Miracle was big enough to go outside, I built her a pen next to Cookie Monster's and...

Hello! I have only had chickens for 3 years now and I use the same coop I was first given - a walk in coop. I have recently realized that not all coops are walk-in coops (and that is actually a luxury, it seems)! I walk in, get their waterer and feeder, bring it out, refill it and put it back...

Could you help me know whether this chick is a roo, or hen?? She is 5 weeks (and 4 days) old. I don't have any other chicks to compare her to, so I thought it might be helpful to add pictures of her Mom and Dad. And if you have any ideas as to what breed (or mix of breeds) she might be...

Hello! I hatched an egg from my 2 chickens. I was curious if she looked like she was any certain breed in particular. Her sire looked just like her when he was her age. I am not expecting that she is any breed in particular, because I thought her parents were mutts, but I was still curious --...

Hello! I have read lots of great advice on how to introduce new chickens to an established flock, and how to assimilate new chicks into your flock, etc. But how do I introduce a "artificially" incubated chick to her parents? My entire flock consists of her parents - one hen, one rooster. My...

Hi, After the wind yesterday, my coop fell over (this is a normal occurrence). Usually my rooster and hen leave me and any helpers alone until the coop is righted and I try to get them back in. Not today. My rooster, who has shown dominance in the past, but is usually manageable, started...

Yay! I am on day 17 of dry-incubation!!! The chick is developing!! However....I am confused on what to do for the last 3 days of incubation. The facts in this case so far are: The ambient air has had humidity of 40-50%. The vent holes have not been open. I have only opened the incubator...

Hello! This is my first time attempting to hatch, and the first time I've candled an egg. I set 2 eggs in the incubator - one on the 19th and one on the 20th of January. The one I set on the 20th, still doesn't seem to have any development. The one I set on the 19th, I candled on the 23rd, 25th...

Hello!! I own a small flock -1 hen, 1 rooster - and I want to hatch an egg from them. So, I am borrowing a still-air incubator, and plan to set the next 1-3 eggs my hen lays. (Up to 3 because I know that fertility, incubating, and hatching are all very chancy). I read about still air...

Hello! I have read the 10 Commandments of taking care of hens. It was helpful, and I would like more advice, too, on hen-care, especially concerning these topics: General Care: I have one hen and one rooster, and I want to take good care of them. The hen (Bertram) is a great layer, and never...

Hello! I am new to the realm of chickens and I have raised these two chicks since they were about a week old. I received them from a friend, who has a bunch of feral chickens running around her house from her neighbor who has an overpopulation of them. So, I have 2 chicks 6-8 weeks old and I'd...

Hello! I just registered here (awesome website!), and I also just began raising 2 baby chicks (maybe 1 1/2 weeks -2 weeks old). I had 3 chicks, but 1 died. I was given these chicks as a gift from friends who live next to a person who keeps a bunch chickens - feral. Bertram has always been...