This one takes the cake: found our broody and 9 eggs hidden away in a galvanized watering can! It sits in my front flower bed and I pass by it daily and never realized she was in there! Sneaky little hen.
What are the strangest places you've found eggs or nests?
We just found a clutch of eggs and a Banty hen inside a large galvanized watering can that sits in our front flower bed! Goofy hen! Genius hiding spot.
I recently took a Tom and Hen from a friend. Ive had them about a week. All was good until about 3 days ago. The Tom has become very depressed, lethargic, won't eat or drink, and he has a fluid sounding gurgle in his throat.
I was researching and became concerned about blackhead since he was...
Yea I'm not expecting a double to hatch but we shall see. I've always used a broody hen to hatch, this is the first time with an incubator and it's such a hassle hahahaha - I'd much rather have the hen do the hatching.
I think one of my eggs has a double embryo. The egg is on day 8. The embryo on the bottom has a visible heartbeat, but the dark spot above it has no movement (yet). Will be interesting to see how it turns out.
What do y'all think:
Our last chick finally arrived tonight! Hoping she pulls through after a good dry out.
Here are the 3 chicks we hatched:
#1 Blue Splash Dutch Bantam Roo X Black Jap Hen
#2 Blue Splash Dutch Bantam Roo X Blue Splash Dutch Bantam Hen (broody mom)
#3 Blue Splash Dutch Bantam Roo X...