EggSighted4Life, I understand now and thank you for explaining. I don’t do drama either and have gotten rid of a lot of it recently in my life. That might explain the sensitivity. I respect and appreciate concern and experience. I’ll also keep in mind that I shouldn’t jump to conclusions when...
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We have several pens. Yes I know that chickens are flock animals. We had intentions of getting more but wanted to do it slowly so as not to be overwhelmed. Tilly was with our rabbit and they were best friends until a racoon took care of the rabbit. I got the COCKERELS thinking I...
Thanks everyone! I grew up on a farm where chickens naturally did their thing. They laid and set on the eggs, hatched chicks, protected them and then they grew up on said farm. Nobody explained the process so I assumed that’s what chickens did. That’s been years ago so that’s really the only...
My daughter collected our hen's eggs the first week but we would really like to see chicks (so would the roosters). So we are on day 4 of not collecting. All 3 eggs from the last 3 days are there but she won't sit on them. She lays and goes foraging. How long can eggs sit before we have to...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We just got our first chickens this past fall.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3
(3) What breeds do you have? Brahma dark and light
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? googling egg laying question...