We have one little hen we can't quite figure out who she came from...
It would be so fun for us to know who her 'mom' might be - not sure it's possible. Thought I'd ask here...
The mix is either wyandotte / isa brown (a sex link of red and white rhode island)
or wyandotte and australorp (if...
Here's the summary of what's going on:
I have 4 young roosters (born late feb) and 1 older rooster from last spring. 2 of 4 began crowing past week.
I was hoping to hang onto them until they mature so I can get an idea of which to keep (observe personality better). I'm not that thrilled...
Anyone know the results of a Golden Laced Wyandotte Rooster bred to:
Australorp?
Isa Brown? (sex link composed of - rhode island red x rhode island white)
Isa: I have little golden guys with some streaks much like rhode island chicks have (the lines down their back) and now their wings are...
I wanted to post this story because when I googled it, 24 days is really quite the stretch - and I did not find many if any stories of people getting their chicks hatching at day 24 - especially under a broody, which is usually sooner rather than later (vs an incubator). They were supposed to...
There was a great thread I ran across awhile back where someone managed to make an 'area' for the chicks that the rest of the chickens couldn't get into - pics etc. I cannot find this thread - anyone know what I'm talking about would so appreciate the link! They had devised some kind of way for...
My little baby chicks are hatching under their Australorp broody mom hen today. :)
The eggs were a mix from these hens: barred rock, australorp and isa brown (a rhode island cross, like sex link). I have a golden laced wyandotte rooster. Been trying to find a chart or something to see...
If I put the eggs under my broody hen tonight... will they hatch on Sunday February 19th? or Monday the 20th?
When I count 21 days out from tomorrow morning, it lands on a sunday.. would it be sunday morning they're supposed to hatch?? That would be far more ideal than Monday.
Thanks for...
I can see some cities in the area on the amazing interactive map here that allow chickens. I'm wondering if someone here might know which cities, if any, do NOT allow chickens in the salt lake area?? I am planning on moving there, and want to be in a city/suburb that allows them.
(If anyone...
My hen is broody and when we tried to bring her to a new place to hatch she refused for 24 hours - we didn't want to break her broodiness so we put her back out in the coop and she went immediately back to her nesting box where she was *originally* being broody.
We are going to try a different...
My hen has gone broody. We decided to start collecting eggs.
Problem is it's about mid 30s (in the coop, too) and the eggs were laid this morning. They were quite cold when I collected them this afternoon. Will they still be viable? I have them in a cool room in my house now.
I'm going to...