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oh ok

I am not sure, but she has brown and white feathers and lays green/olive eggs. So maybe an olive egger. But that is just a guess. And if she were to go broody immediately after would we be able to break her then?

If I let her hatch the eggs, will she want to do it all over again once they hatch?

I do in fact have a rooster and am on the fence about chicks, my main concern is her getting adequate food and water as the hen house does better at trapping heat than releasing it.

My hens are about 1 year old and I am new to owning chickens. For the past 2 days, my hen has sat in the coop sitting on eggs. I did a little research and concluded that she must be broody. What do I do from here? It is the beginning of summer where I am at (central CA) and it has been getting...

He was fine for about 5 days crowing as loud as can be. Also, when I get home I'll make sure to attach a video.

Last week I took the rooster collar off of my rooster (~1) so he could have a break from it. On Sunday I got back from church and he was making a very weird noise. it was like a low crow almost a growl. So I looked around the coop, checked food and water, and counted my chickens. It's day 2 and...

thanks for the advice I will make sure to do that.

I'm feeding them Purina layer crumbles. And no there is not a source of additional calcum.

One of my olive egger chickens (~18 weeks) laid 2 very soft-shelled eggs. what do I do/ how do I fix this and prevent it in the future. The white's and yoke of the egg look normal.

Thank you guys

I just need some help Identifying him so I know what size rooster collar to get him.

great to know

Does anyone know if any hatchery is currently selling female polish chicks? I got 4 in an assortment shipment, but they all died within 2 weeks. Just asking, Thanks!