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I scrolled slowly so I could really look at the eggs, each time the progress made me want to see them hatch; thank you for that appreciation of a new life formation.

here in my coop we have both coons and skunks both have that method of killing, skunks are more likely to go for eggs, but if the chicken is in the way, the hen is first. It's easy to tell if it's a skunk they dig around the edges, but the racoon finds any loose spot in the coop.

curious to know... was the inner egg normal? I once got an egg that was totally soft shelled and inside was normal, followed the hen and all seemed good, hen was three at the time and in good health. still not sure of the abnormality.

just some insight, we had a momma hatch her ducklings, sadly she was taken by a predator, both her ducklings survived and are doing well. however, they have not been accepted by the other ducks(because of the male) the ducklings are male and female so I am sure the flock male is the reason they...

hens seem to respond to presence... if you can catch them before they are able to get the egg, it detours them and they move to something else. if they have an open egg remove it quickly they will look for it but will move on to other options and the habit will fade. unfortunately time with the...

well if there were there wouldn't be any more to worry about....just sayin...

noticed same thing with my hens , it was like a pecking order but they soon stopped . I collect daily and I adjusted my collection time but I noticed the same hens at the boxes each morning. they would jump away as though they knew I caught them but it seemed that the time of collection made...

have had chickens for quite sometime, my children created my interest and our family has embraced them. time has passed, my children raised, but still the chickens are here to stay. Without a photo to show you now(no pixels on my flip phone)my hens, ducks, horses, alpacas and a rabbit will soon...

my flock of 42 have been together a long time, we have a new flock of 24 about to be free. They have been raised inside the coop of flock 1 in their own fenced coop (for socialization), will they be accepted by other hens?

(lol) it started with a hen, we thought that it was prey... she later came with 12 one day!...and now I have to say... we now are blessed with 42, and lots of questions... what to do? I love this site, I trust it too...all replies I leave to you :)