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Please find attached a photo of my 2 Golden Laced Wyandotte pullets sharing the nest box. I want to submitt this photo for the 2019 calendar competition. Unfortunately I do not have another photo that meets the criteria. Thanks

I know this a very old post, but I have a hen who has laid something similar this morning and according to the vet is a "lash egg" which is no egg at all. It is coagulated pus which formed because of an infection (bacterial or viral) which caused inflammation in the hen's oviduct. The hen's...

My hen got off her nest once a day for 20 to 30 minutes a day while incubating the eggs except for the last 2 days before they hatched. Two chicks hatched a week ago. She is a very good mother, no problems there, BUT she is not eating at all. No matter what I offers her, she takes it and...

Sorry for the delay in response, but I am in Australia - when you are awake, I am sleeping The dog crate is extra large (130cm x 80cm.) Inside this crate Is a medium airline carrier where she was brooding the eggs and still sleeps there with the chicks. I also constructed a little run, attached...

My hen has hatched 2 healthy chicks 5 days ago. She is looking very well after them. She scratch for food for them but there is not really food because I am keeping her in a large dog crate in the run. The tray is covered with sand, so she can dust bath. She takes food from the baby feeder...

Hi Ridgrunner. Just want to let you know 2 healthy chicks have hatched! I put 6 eggs under my hen, bought from a local lady who is willing to take any roosters that may hatch. I have candled on day 8, noticed 3 were developing, but was not sure about the other 3. Candled on day 10 again, sadly...

Sorry for the delay in response, I am in Australia, so I have seen these responses only early this morning. Thanks, both of you for your answers.I have moved her on day one where the other hens can not get to her nest. She is very dedicated, only leaves the the nest once in 24 hours for no more...

Yes she was given all the eggs at the same time and I have moved her to a secure place where the other hebs could not get to her nest.

My broody hen is sitting on 3 fertile eggs. I have candled it on day 10. Two were developing very well, but I was not sure about the third one, so left it under her. Today is day17 and I have candled it again. The same two are still on track, but number 3 looks like the development of an egg on...

Thank you very much for your answer. I thought she is okay, especially because she is so committed, but needed a bit of reasuarance

I have a Heritage Rhode Island Red hen who went broody, not for the first time, but it is the first time I have put fertile eggs under her (and my first time using a hen to hatch eggs). She is very committed, I have to take her off the nest every morning to go and eat, drink and relieving...

I am not responding to anyone's posting, just want to share my experience with mosquitoes in my chicken coop. I was searching for supplements for my chooks on the internet and came across Avian Insect Liquidator. The information stated that it is extremely safe around birds and chooks and...

dann20201, thank you very much for the ovation you gave me, it was very kind of you.

Hens will only sit on their eggs when they are broody. The rest of the time you are free to collect them and use it. A young hen who laid her first egg/s will not be broody. It takes a while for their system to get the egg laying right. In the begining you might find eggs without shells, eggs...