Recent content by Velvet Hairpiece

I also agree you should wait a little bit. I had two accidental Roos that were raised together. The early dominant one was overturned one day around a year or so when the submissive one realized he was a boy and took over from there. I eventually separated them into two smaller flocks, and my...

We have six babies so far now! Love the little grey one!

My first little baby hatched today! I came home from work and saw the broken egg shell. I was afraid it was going to be a dud like the broken shell I found last night. So I sat and watched mama Hooch for 15 minutes and she was super alert and kept making soft clucking noises and I heard a...

Day 19! Eeeep! I've been trying to keep this as an experiment in my head, since I've not hatched before, but I can't help but to be anxious! I haven't candled since I set them with the hen, so I have no clue if they have even started laying. I did see one broken egg laying outside the broody...

I set my broody Welsummer two nights ago with 10 shipped eggs. I've never attempted to hatch eggs before so we will see how it goes. I have her separated in a pen by herself (an old rabbit hutch). 5 of the 10 eggs were light enough to see through them and 4 of those had attached air sacs so...

I need some advice! I've got a broody hen, and I've decided to let her hatch so I ordered some fertilized eggs (no rooster, though we will probably have an abundance if the eggs hatch!). If I move her to a broody pen before the eggs arrive in the mail, will that break her? Any advice for a...

Hi! I'm in southern Indiana near Louisville, KY. I probably won't be around much but I wanted to say hello regardless!

I'm so glad I found this thread! I added 5 new pullets to my existing flock of 3 (2 hens and a rooster) this Spring and noticed my rooster going into the nesting box when one of the new pullets started to lay. I was astounded at his behavior because it seemed so "fatherly", and I was just amazed...

I have been searching through the forums looking for others with this problem, but I keep finding threads about hatching/incubating eggs. My 5 hens have recently (a few weeks) begun laying consistently again. Several times I've found some blood smeared on the outside eggshell, and didn't...

My rooster, the dominant one, makes so many noises. There's the annoying and excessive scream-crow, that high pitched chirping that he seems to make when he's particularly excitable, the clucking, and then the velociraptor-my favorite. :) I believe your rooster is fine, and probably happy.

We currently have 8 birds (6 hens, 2 roos) in a 6x8 coop, and 16x6 enclosed run. Coop: 6 sq ft per bird Enclosed run: 12 sq ft per bird They also get to free range outside for several hours to most of the day anywhere between 2 and 5 days a week. They get the run of the six acres we have...

Have you considered contacting www.alleycatallies.org? They have programs and resources that allow them to help people like you. They also have a lot of educational resources on their site. Like one of the posters above mentioned the spaying of the cat and ear clipping indicates that the cat has...

Actually...pulsing electric fences CAN kill. Sadly, we've found great big black snakes and even an endangered adult great horned owl dead on the fence; it got it's wing caught and couldn't get loose.

I used the ecoglow last spring with my first set of baby chicks and I just loved it. It's much more natural, like their mother's warmth, than keeping a hot, bright light on them 24/7. I also had plenty of peace of mind knowing that I could leave the house and it would be safe from fire and the...

I don't really know how to answer your question as I've never incubated my eggs, nor do I know much about BCMs, but perhaps it has to do with the time of year and the infrequency of eggs? Supply and demand...