I let my Brody hen sit on 5 eggs from a few of my other hens. 4 successfully hatched and 1 got torn apart from my other hens. They are now separated from the rest of the flock till they get bigger but…. This one is my favorite! I’m so hoping it’s a girl so I’m calling it a she 😂😂 she’s a product...
Yea I’ve intergrated tractor supply chicks in with hens but I haven’t ever experienced it when they have their mom with them so I didn’t know if it was different. Like if she would protect them.
Hey I have a mother hen who has 3 week old chicks. I’m new to letting a momma hatch eggs. At first I left them alone just in the nesting box while all the babies hatched and one of my other hens got ahold of a baby and killed it so I moved mom and babies to a dog kennel in the run with everyone...
Hey, so I am newer to chickens and I have never had one that has been sick or ill or had anything wrong with it and I noticed 12 week old Easter egg was losing tuft of feathers and she would squawk very loudly when I would pick her up. She has yellow gunk under her wing and losing feathers and...
Hey guys!! Most of girls having been laying for a couple weeks still have 2 left to start laying at least I think. 😂 I got this weird shaped egg with stuff stuck to the top of it. I don’t know if it’s poop or blood. Just wondering if it’s normal or if I should be doing anything to help. I have...
Hey my Delaware is 18 weeks old and today I noticed one of her ears is turning purplish and has what likes to be a scab on it. What could be wrong? These are my first chickens. The other ear is nice and red like her comb and waddle.
Hey guys! I have a flock of eight 18 week olds. I also have two 5 week old chicks. It’s been warm enough here that they have been outside with the bigger girls in a dog kennel for about 2 weeks but I haven’t let them all out together yet. I was wondering when it would be safe for me to let them...
Hey so I have only raised one set of chicks and I did so in my downstairs bathroom with a heat lamp because I got them in February. But I just picked up 2 more 1 week olds because they were Easter eggers and I needed them! Lol but my question is with it being consistently in the 80s outside can...
any guess on the gender of the bantam buff Brahma?
And any idea of breed on the second one. I’ve had people tell me what they think but want to see what others think.