I got a small waterer made for chicks & a chick feeder. For some reason my phone won't let me post a pic. I will figure it out and post a pic as soon as I can.
UPDATE: 2 of Lucy's 5 eggs hatched this morning. They are so cute & Lucy is being a great Mom keeping them nice & warm! 3 more still under her and 1 still under my other hen, Charlotte.
Well, Lucy is laying on 5 eggs now. Two are hers and three are from my other hen Charlotte. I had a friend candle them & there are chicks in all 5! They should hatch 4/29/17 or so. I separated Lucy and the eggs to another pen when Charlotte started trying to fight Lucy to lay on them...
Well, they both quit laying on the eggs a couple of days after I made the post. I left the eggs for a couple of days to see if one of the hens would go back to them. They didn't. Out of curiosity I cracked the eggs & found 2 of the 3 eggs did indeed have chicks inside. How could I have saved...
I have a small coop with 2 hens & one rooster. One of my hens, Lucy, is laying on 2 eggs. They all live in the same coop & all sleep in the laying area at night. I think that only one of the eggs might hatch because the roo and one of the hens are Bantem and Lucy is a larger hen. ( I don't...