i have two broody hens that have been sitting on eggs, just noticed one little fluff ball this evening. one egg starting to crack and one dead chick..........so once the eggs start hatching what do i do? ive got water and chick starter on hand......just sit back and let the momma's do the work...
do roosters have favorite hens?? i've got a few ladies that are more beaten up then others. any way to calm the big boy down other than clipping spurs? do you recommend that?
this morning checked the coop to find a grape fruit sized hole in my chick wire. feathers were scattered around and 2 of my hens had tail feathers ripped out to bare butt. no kia's which is good. what rascal would chew thru chicken wire? i've had issues in the past with racoons and had my run...
a friend gave me a few eggs to hatch out, looks like only one is going to hatch. little guy is about 3 days old. i've got 12 chicks, barreds and sexlinks right now too, i gave them guinea chick some chick starter. will that work for now?? mine also looks just like the pics, what variety of...
this is my second time round incubating and hatching eggs. first time i attempted it was about a year ago and hatched out 13 of 13 chicks!
took alittle break from chickens as that flock was destroyed by racoons.....now i have better coop/run under construction. a friend of mine gave me 6 eggs to...