Ok so I have three chicks with beaks poking out. All three are chirping. Just seems as if nothing else is happening. Yesterday was day 21 and they started pipping late yesterday afternoon and during the night. How long should this whole process take? What should I be doing during the process?
I will collect eggs at times that are very bloody. I picked my hens up today and turned them over and on 2 of them I noticed scabby looking vents and nine of those soft feathers covering anympart of this area!!!! HELP!!!!! PLEASE!!!!
I got my 3rd egg today and I have been watching on my ip camera too see which one it was! She never could figure out which box she wanted and took her like 2 hours this afternoon and finally laid it!
Im not really sure some are small some are bigger. They just seem to make their webs all over my nest boxes and my chicks should start laying in a week or so. Is it ok?
Ok so my coop is 8x8 and is a modified version of the Purina plans. My walls are straight plywood no studs or anything like that. I have a window that came out of a storage building nothing big or anything (measurements are like 35"x22" roughly). Since I do not have any studs or anything what is...
To some this may seem like nothing but being a first time chicken owner it was pretty awesome! When I was leaving this morning, I heard little rooster trying to crow! It was hilarious!!!!
The coop that I currently have is only 2x6 and I have 8 birds in there and they seem to love it as well! I have 3 roosts the width of the coop and they love it! I just got to looking at the coop im currently building and I was like "man that looks huge" of course it will be a few more weeks...
Ok so I am currently building my chickens a new coop! I have 8, 8 week old chickens and 6, 3 week old chickens. I'm building a modified purina coop. My size is 8ft X 8ft and probably 4 feet from floor of coop to roof. This may not seem big but I was looking at it today and it seems HUGE!!! I was...