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"All Other Breeds" entry. Patsy my 3 year old Colombian Wyandotte hen.

I had a broody Australorp hatch out 9 Orpingtons. Any ideas as to how many blue, black, and splash chicks I have? This is my first time with this breed. Thanks!

Please help!

So far I have lost one Buff Orpington hen and one Cayuga duck. The birds still had their heads intact but their bellies were ripped open and their guts taken out and eaten. It has happened at dusk both times, 2 days apart. It leaves all of my other birds alone. My flock is scared to leave their...

2 chicks! We have 2 healthy beautiful chicks! 1 Black Andalusian and 1 Splash Andalusian. Here are some pictures with mama.

Thanks I appreciate it! I'll post progress tomorrow

Well, it's day 21 and so far I had a chick hatch prematurely and didn't absorb its yolk. Then mama kicked an egg out that was partially hatched that was facing the wrong way and hadn't absorbed its yolk either. On day 17 an egg got crushed so the chick died obviously. It looks like the last 4...

The chick was already dead when I found it. There is another one out there that the shell has a big hole in it but the chick is still in the membrane and it was drying out. I put a little distilled water on it to moisten it.

One of my chicks just hatched but it didn't absorb all of it's yolk and it died Why would that happen?

Thank you. Wow, what a great article. It's head was between it's legs so I would guess it was right on track for day 17, which would have been today.

I checked on my broody hen and she had a broken egg under her with a semi developed chick. As far as my records go, I believe she is on day 16 of development. The chick is very well developed with feathers and toe nails so I think she is farther along. There was a decent amount of blood and a...

Thanks! Anyone else have an opinion on this? I'm super worried about those eggs!

My broody sitting on 14 eggs was scared off her nest yesterday by a sneaky Blue Andalusian hen that flew over the fence, found the small pop door into broody ' s coop, flew over the partition, and harassed broody girl in her kennel. I found her huddled down outside of the coop. Once I brought...

Just went out and she was sitting on her eggs but she is far too small to fit all 14 eggs under her. But wouldn't you know it, when I opened the nest box door, her sister had ripped out all her breast feathers and was nastier than ever. I had my eye on her the past few days since she has been a...

So I have a BCM hen that went broody. I couldn't break her after a week so I decided to get her some hatching eggs. I set her up in a vacant coop with a large nest box full of shavings, feathers, and a plastic nest pad. I put the eggs in her nest and I put her in there and she became extremely...