i had 3 chickens living quite happy in my back garden let them all out at 7.30 am only to my shock that a fox killed 2 of them about 1 hour later leaving just 1 i dont know how she managed to get away but she was lucky can 1 chicken live on its own or should i think of getting her a new home all...
thanks i will shut the coop then all saw have big cage over the coop whill door open in the day time so the other hen will be ok with the other hen chicks or will she pick on them
its day 21 2 eggs hatched yesterday 1 more last night still have 2 hens sitting on eggs the 3 chicks have hatched under the 1 hen still have 2 more under her and 4 under the other hen have put water and chick crumb in the coop will the other eggs hatch how long do i leave the eggs its my first...
thanks for advice its day 7 today. came down this morring opened coop and one of the hens has put 2 of the eggs out of the nest dont now if she has done rolled them out or they have fell out while she has been moving around i put one back but was very cold other one was cracked and smelled bad...
thanks for advice its day 7 today. came down this morring opened coop and one of the hens has put 2 of the eggs out of the nest dont now if she has done rolled them out or they have fell out while she has been moving around i put one back but was very cold other one was cracked and smelled bad...
i have 2 hens sitting on six eggs each as they went very broody tryed candling one of the eggs after 6 days of putting eggs underneth hens and all i can see is a very big dark mass within the egg is cant realy see any blood vessels but am very new to all this is that a good sign or a bad sign...
i have 2 hens sitting on six eggs each as they went very broody tryed candling one of the eggs after 6 days of putting eggs underneth hens and all i can see is a very big dark mass within the egg is cant realy see any blood vessels but am very new to all this is that a good sign or a bad sign...
i have 2 broody hens sitting on 6 eggs each i have had sent to me in the post from a breeder there have been sitting on them since thursday now 4 days have put them both out in the morring for about 15 mins to feed and get water as they wont come out on there own how can i tell if any of the egg...
thanks for the advise only put eggs under the chickens today so when i get them off to feed for how long are the eggs ok for do i need to put anything over them like a blanket ors something
i have 2 chickens 1 golden top and 1 orppingtion they have both gone broody for about 3 weeks now tryed locking them out of the pen but nothing working so i have got 12 eggs post to me have put 6 eggs under each chicken do i take them off the nest to eat and drink as they wont come out on there...