I'm trying to find out who the genetic mother is to our last clutch just out of curiosity so I figured I'd post some pics up here and have people way more knowledgeable about chicken genetics let me know what they see :) It might be hard to identify the mom since the barring was so over...
Our only cochin hen went broody and I'd like some advice from people that have been in similar situations.
She's in a coop with 9 other hens and I have a few concerns about her laying on eggs in there with them. I don't want them jumping into the box with her and breaking her eggs. I'm also...
Our newest hen, Zoey has started laying on one egg yesterday and I had a couple questions.
I know budgies lay an egg every other day, is it the same with chickens?
When would you recommend candling the egg(s)?
We built a brooding coop last year to keep our first round of babies in before...
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So we've been trying for years to get our laying hens to give us some chicks with absolutely no luck. But wouldn't you know it, this morning my mom went out to collect eggs and there was a little black chick
Since we were not expecting any chicks, ever, we are under prepared...
Hi everyone!
My name is Val and I just joined the forum after browsing through here for a couple days.
Ive got 6 hens and 1 roo and a couple surprise additions; but more on that later.
Ill get some pictures of my flock as soon as I can borrow my father-in-laws camera.
I look forward to...