I have a little banty hen who was sitting on 7 eggs... went in there just now and there were only 3 non cracked eggs... some were completely gone! She is protective but the other hens are just bigger and meaner i think! I have found eggs in there that others have laid (removed them right...
So I have a flock of 24, last week a new RIR was introduced {on the 20th} (long story short, I wasn't home when she was dropped off, previous owner never said anything of her condition~ she only has 1 wing and she had a bubbly/foamy eye).
She was seperated from the flock as much as we could...
Well, we are doing our first hatch tomorrow! It should be perfect timing since my sons birthday is the 31st of this month! :)
We are doing about 40+ eggs... YIKES! but i am so excited.
Does anyone else have mixed breeds in their flock? I have a lot of pure bred chickens, however a few...