I checked on my duck's eggs today while mom was out on break, and one of them has something strange going on inside, visible through the shell somehow. It looks like a black area and a yellow area, down by the air pocket. I am new to hatching eggs, and don't know what to make of this. Do you...
My two beautiful blue orpington "pullets" turned out not to be. They will be pretty boys, but we can't have roosters in our neighborhood. I think I got pictures of both, but I can't tell them apart! They can be together or separated. They are about 15 weeks old and just started attempting to...
Chirpy is looking awfully man-ish these days, and I was wondering if someone with more experience than me (these are our first chickens) could weigh in on whether he's a girl or guy. Chirpy is an Easter Egger, and is mostly black with brown and white flecks. He has a larger, redder comb than the...