How would you suggest keeping them seperate through this ? And for trying the fostering, normally you'd try to sneak them under in the middle of the night right ?
I'm looking for some suggestions. I have 2 broody hens that have been broody for over 2 months. Yes they have had eggs, the first batch failed due to 2 broken eggs, this is their second egg and they started off with 12, and somehow they now have 6 and they all are gone (I tested them this...
Thanks for the response ! Our first hatch had some chicks with the spot on the head. I'll be confirming those are roosters from the families that got them before I feel confident enough to ensure hens vs roos. But it was pretty clear dot vs no dot
New small time breeder here, I hatch out pure ameraucanas, Easter eggers & olive eggers. I have one cream legbar hen I acquired and aside from knowing her chicks will lay blue, I've found conflicting information in regards to if her chicks would be autosexing ?
Any guidance and explanation on...
Yes I have some cuckoo & some just straight lavenders 🥰 they are gorgeous & definitely were on my bucket list so I hatched them ! Thanks for the insight, the tail feathers have me confused, especially the 2nd when I compare to my other clear roosters.
Hey all,
My lavenders just turned 12 weeks and I know I have a definite 4 hens but I have a couple that I initially pegged as roosters who now I'm confused by due to their feathers. Can you help me out with what your thoughts are?
hey all,
I have 11 lavender orpingtons that are now 11 weeks old. I was fairly certain that 4 of them were hens and the rest roosters by comparing against each other and these 4 had (and have) pretty significantly smaller combs & wattles (lighter in color too) compared to some of my "obvious"...
Update ! Just noticed today that some of my mixes have 5 toes, including this little girl !!!! I didnt get a pic of hers but this is a sibling from the same batch of eggs.
hey all!
I had no luck with my Facebook group unfortunately, I usually have better luck here. I have a month old chick with a dislocated leg. I noticed something when she hatched (no it wasn't spray leg) and tried monitoring as best as I could and she seemed to do better after a couple days so...