OMG- Are there no rules or limits any more?! Just kiddin- I'm thrilled to know that my Lucy's eggs are probable good then. Third nest of the season. I had given up on chicks this year- and Blue lost his tail 3-4 weeks ago. But here she is sittin on eggs. A little confused, and some what...
Lifting the Hen's tail daily, to check for chicks has already got her pretty mad at me. I can't imagine she would take kindly to me pulling an egg out to candle it. Maybe tomorrow when she leaves the nest for her daily break. When handling the eggs at this point, what is the protocol? If I...
Kathy, what is Shadowing? My eggs are at day 30 and I'm bumming. The hen is still sitting on them. She just got up and I swear one wobbled a little. No sign of cracks or pips. Here is a picture of them a few minutes ago. Not knowing what shadowing is, I was curious if these are shadowing?
So Sad-- Thought my chicken pen and house were bullet/predator proof! I was wrong. Some thing has taken a chicken every night for 4 nights. Thought it I was losing them before I was closing up the house and gate for the night- but...again, I was wrong. Not only was a little masked bandit...
Hi You Guys! I've missed you. Funny- as cold and brutal a winter as we've had here in Ohio, my peahen has been on 6 eggs for 15 days now. Dylans Mom said hers aren't in the mood yet. I'm thinking I might have sped things up unintentionally, with my coop lights being on a timer. The longer...