Recent content by KJzCola

To give second input toyour origional question: candeling IS what you want to do to check the egg for development. It is super straight forward and a very reliable means of checking that is generally easy to pick up on. IF your egg has a dark shell, you might not be able to tell, but if its...

This happened to 4 of mine! I started with 20 and when I went to candle the first time only 16 were there! And no trace of where they went lol. They are currently hatching though so hopefully i habe a good end yeild

How do you freeze them, how do you thaw them, and how are you able to use them once thawed? I would love to do this for the same reasons but havnt been super successful in freezing amd thawing for varied use in the past. Thanks!

Ok, so I put my fertilized eggs under my broody mama (Maran Mix) three weeks ago almost to the hour. She was in the normal coop in her favorite nest box up until today. I have a rather mean wellsummer in the coop that i witnessed push her way into mamas nest box and start pecking at her. that's...

Bwahahqha chicken DEC, Dept of Egg collection!!!!! Omg lol there are eight nest boxes but only two of them have a clerk in them to help you with your business. Lol im dying :)))

To my understanding, at some point she will just give up. It may take a while, and I don't have experience with it myself but from what I have read eventually they get tired and assume that nothing will come of it. I also have read about other techniques such as removing her from that coop into...

Well thats frusterating! I know its VERY normal for all hens to favor 1 or 2 boxes no matter how many you may provide them. Basically if this one is the box that the other hen trusts for her eggs, thats the one she wants her own eggs in. I wonder if this type of behavior for a few hours a day is...

Broody means that their maternal instimct has kicked in. Some hens act like their going broody and arnt as solidly commited, and others are VERY stubborn about it. When a hen "goes broody" it means that she no longer is focused on her own well being, but focused in the task of hatching and...

Thank you very much for this advice on approach. I dod this and although she made very angry noises at me though the process, she didnt run or bite, and not even a peck!

Id like to know how things turned out for you because i am currently dealing with almost the EXACT same thing! My husband and I searched for a home for 4.5 YEARS and every other HOA we looked at had statements specifically against poultry. This one said NOTHING other than pets may not be noisy...

Thanks so much for the info! I dont have to worry about the other hens eggs bc mine are not fertile. I did number the fertile ones before I put them in so that should help. What purpose does marking air pockets do? My instincts are agreeing with you to try to get her set up with her own area...

Lol thanks for the reply. unfortunantly your hen sounds lot friendlier than my girl. To my great sadness Im terrible at getting my hens to like me. There is ONE from my origional flock that will come to me and let me pet her. The others run away faster than I can say egg. Im worried about...

Ok im sorry if these questions have been asked but I didnt feel like reading througb 477 extra pages :)) Ive never hatched eggs before, I was considering venturing into incubation this year and decided to wait another year on that. I did however doscover a broody hen last week and thought... y...

Does anyone have contacts for (or are the person themselves) someone that has and sells different varieties of chickens in GA. I'm in metro atlanta (west), and looking for someone trustworthy with healthy young hens to buy from. I LOVE my small flock and just recently finished a bigger coop so I...