I've had chickens for a while and seen them pick on each other and even had some of my own bully's pluck feathers off some of my chickens, but I've never bought a five week old chicken with so many missing.. I bought two coco marans to add to my flock (since they had some older chicks (about...
I have several chickens at different ages and they seem to do the same thing.. I did notice lately my six month chicks are now hanging out with my original flock more now (I kind of thought it was because they are close to laying and about the same size as my original flock even a few are bigger...
Is it possible your white chicken is a whit Plymouth rock (they lay light brown eggs) that's what two of mine are. Or white jersey giant, they are also white chickens that lay brown eggs.. Or A cross breed of some kind:). Good luck I still get several of the breeds confused cause some are so...
I've used coffee grounds in the floor of my coop most recently (tell you it really keeps down the smell). Are the bad for chickens and ducks?. Just tring some new things besides hay or straw and grass clippings
I feel the same I'm on day 23, and nothing from mine.. I had two hatch on day 20, but nothing since:( I too am wondering how long I should give them, before giving up on them...
Is it safe to open the incubator if the baby chicks are really banging the eggs around??? I really want to take the two out but I'm worried I'll hurt the rest whom haven't hatched yet
I too noticed a bad smell yesterday, we candled before lock down and I thought we found it, but apparently not (some of mine where to dark to see when we candled) This morning I awoke to one chick already hatched and another trying (now have two little bundles in there with a smelly egg)day 21...
I'm on day 20, had one early hatch this morning. I have 14 eggs in (15including the one that hatched). This is our first time hatching our own chickens.
We just got ducks for the first time this year, so we started out with Glen, and Lyen.. Then two weeks later we got three more named them Hewey, Dewey and Lewey.. My brother decided he wanted two so last week we got three more (I couldnt resist getting another one) and he named his Donald and...
I had one hen that laid an egg in the box on the way home, and the other as soon as she got into the coop... It was great!!:) both are great layers still....