Recent content by Skiing Jules

For my broody, I ended up getting a dozen eggs from a friend who has three roosters. I replaced the infertile eggs with the new eggs by putting a towel over her head so she couldn't see, lifting her up, and switching the eggs. I was surprised at how calm she was through the whole procedure...

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll make a mom out of her yet!

I'm glad I read this, because I have a broody hen, and besides giving her food and water, I don't know what else I should be checking for. We have no rooster, so I know her eggs are all infertile. I just want her to be healthy and happy until I can trick her into thinking she hatched some...

My day-oldsa are supposed to arrive around the 12th of May. If she just started setting, it may be a little early, but maybe that doesn't matter?

I have a similar problem. Egg production seemed low, so I assumed there was a hidden nest somewhere, but I couldn't find it. Well, I found it today, along with the broody hen who nearly bit my head off when I put food and water in front of her. Here's the problem: we have no rooster, so...

My geese and chickens grew up together (both arrived as day-olds on the same day) and we haven't had too many problems. We had one Toulouse goose that ate chicken feathers right off the chickens, but it was no worse than what the chickens did to each other. They are all a year old now, and...