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I had a couple of birds killed by snakes but I always gave the fault to myself, not the snake, for not making my coop safe enough. I'd rather have 100 rat snakes in my yard than 100 rats. Rat snakes eat mostly rats so they're always welcome in my property. And cats not only kill chickens but...

The breeder has one "araucana" hen with no tail but feathered feet. So that chick is probably hers. He doesn't have legbars. He doesn't like that breed, so I got my legbar eggs shipped from a different breeder. The other breeds he currently has are cochin, padovana, cemani. However he tried...

I got some scrap Araucana eggs from a breeder to test an incubator I was trying to fix. The eggs were all the same size and all the same hue of blue. However I got these 2 chicks that have a tail. They are 2 and half weeks old. I think the light one is a male and the dark one is a pullet. What...

If the air sac is small, I would wait. Last time I hatched I upped the humidity only after the first pip (first pip day 18) and I had no shrink wrapping issues.

I would strongly advise to get a cheap incubator from Amazon. I once made a cardboard + heating pad incubator for fermentation (yoghurt, dough) and it failed miserably because it couldn't hold enough heat. I can't imagine to incubate eggs that way, there are already so many things that goes...

Locking down at day 16 or 17 is OK, don't worry.

1 yes 2 if they're not fertilized you remove them and wait for the developing ones to hatch. I strongly advise to never add new eggs to an already incubating batch, especially if you have a small incubator. It's asking for trouble.

I ate 2 infertile eggs that I incubated for 5 days. I used them for baking so there wasn't much to taste. The other 2 I hard boiled them and gave them to my chickens. They're not bad, but they aren't worth eating. Buy incubators that hold at least 20 eggs or more. Smaller incubators are mostly...

Anyone know if hens that goes broody and hatch eggs live longer than hens that are not allowed to sit? Usually chickens that lay a lot end up with reproductive issues that greatly shorten their life, but if a hen is allowed to breed, she will take a break from egg laying. Do you think this might...

This hen decided to go broody for real. She laid one egg a day for a week, which is unusual for the breed. Then she started the walking broody clucking again. She sat all day yesterday without eating or drinking, and this morning she's still sitting so I gave her a bunch of fertile eggs. We'll...

She did fine without splinting

Chick is 100% normal now! Leg is no splayed anymore!

Males with No barred wings, is this OK for the breed?

Aggression is often a genetic issue. I would not keep any rooster from this batch and I would absolutely never buy from that seller again.

If it's just the beak he should be fine, unless he has other malformations we cannot see yet.

Broody hens should be moved to a nest where no other hens have access to, but this should be done before she actually start sitting on good eggs. If a hen is halfway through incubation, she should be left alone or the risk of her abandoning the eggs is high.

Bee sting maybe?

I had 2 perfectly formed chicks die of suffocation in the egg because of malposition. They wiggled a lot on day 19 and died between day 19 and 20. I made a safety hole on day 20 but it was already too late. I did necropsies on day 21. Both perfect chicks with all things absorbed. Now I will...

No swelling and no redness this morning. I'll give her a few days break and see if the splay leg stay stable.

Thanks, I'll update tomorrow morning. Would be a good idea to give her a 2 or 3 days break from the splinting and see how it goes, or would it be too late to fix her if I wait and her leg worsen?