Recent content by rduchix

Hi, I have a chick that hatched this morning about 2 hours ago. It's not up and moving around yet. Peeps loudly, but isn't walking. I saw this torn spot on it's abdomen. Any ideas what this is? Is there a way to help it? I don't want it to get infected. The injury is on the side with the...

This is our first time with a broody hen and hatching chicks. I've never had chicks before. We bought our hens when they were pullets about 8 weeks old. Our broody hen's chicks are hatching today. We've had one hatch already and the rest are pipping. She hatched the eggs in one of the coop's...

Thanks everyone. We checked for lice, mites, etc and checked the yard for hiding eggs and I'm sure it's not any of those. They just started laying in August, so we were hoping they would lay through the winter.

Hi - I have 8 New Hampshire pullets and until a week and a half ago I was collecting 6-8 eggs a day. Now I get one, maybe. I know our light has decreased here (Raleigh, NC) and I'm guessing that's what's got egg production down. I put a light in their coop today on a timer to give them about...

We got our first egg from one of our pullets yesterday! Today, I've been checking the box and nothing. I looked around the coop and run too. Do they start laying everyday right at first or maybe every other day for a while? Just don't know what to expect. We have 8 new hampshire pullets...

Wow! I think all the chickens are 16 weeks old at this point. I'm really sad to hear they are all boys except the first one. This local auction is supposed to be legitimate and all these were supposed to be pullets. So here we were raising them for 2 months thinking we're going to get our...

I bought 7 chickens at local feed store auction 2 months ago. They were all supposed to be pullets and were 6 - 8 weeks old at the time. Can y'all help me figure out what breed/gender they are? None are laying yet. Two just started make cat like noises a week ago and have been crowing the...