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Are these chickens pretty friendly? I know it varies some bird-to-bird but what can yoou tell me personality-wise?

We're wrapping up our first hatch, and we used this incubator off eBay. We researched and didn't want to spend too much this time, though there are lots of more professional, farm quality incubators out there. We took a bit of a risk, I think, but ultimately my husband made the choice and...

This guy pipped last night and is active right now but not making much progress. I know its much too soon for any concern or help. But wondering, is that membrane looking too dry? Should I be concerned about that.

The 8:30 am pip I got did nothing until right after dinner when it unzipped and hatched in less than 45 minutes! She's doing great, I think. We had to lay a rolled towel down on the side the grate had a gap on because the chick started to slip through for a moment. Was scary, but he's okay. We...

Thanks! I thought all I needed was patience, but I came across another much older thread that talked about how if they don't make a hole but have pipped, that's a sign they're running out of air. So much confusion. Everyone seems to say something different.

Humidity has been between 60-66% all day.

First time hatcher here with shipped eggs (odds stacked against me, I know) with 20 eggs that candled well (disposed of 8 that never developed). Today is day 21 and this morning we got our first pip! I was super excited. A couple hours later the pip was ever so slightly larger, but no pieces...

We noticed our Rhode Island Red hen (about 32 weeks) was laying eggs and then turning around and eating them. The rest of our flock appears to be leaving their eggs alone, but obviously we're worried the habit will spread. So after Googling, I read in several places that you could fill a...

So my husband and I have been disagreeing on which way to go here with our nesting box/boxes. We built our coop and had it mostly finished, except we hadn't sectioned off the nesting boxes yet and we'd like to add insulation before winter. We thought we had time, as our chickens are just 18...

Thank you! That's so helpful

Thanks everyone! So, it's unusual for a chicken to lay the first two eggs one right after another? Why so certain these eggs are from different hens? The first egg was smack in the middle of the coop. Today's egg was in the corner of the nesting box (where I saw Mable earlier) and it had...

Isn't 18.5 weeks a little early to start laying eggs? We were so excited yesterday to find our very first, tiny brown egg in the coop. We thought it was Big Betty, our Delaware x Hampshire. But then this morning, as I let them out to free range, I noticed Mable--our Cherry Egger/red sex...

Your coop is ADORABLE and so are your chickies! Congrats on being able to have chickens finally. I'm so glad that so many cities are passing pro-chicken keeping ordinances.