23 eggs set in incubator around 10:00pm on February 27. Yesterday afternoon, pipping on 2, one hatched around 10:00 (top of day 19, right), one early morning before daylight. Through the course of today 10 more pipped and hatched over 2-4 hour spans each. 4 more have been pipped several hours...
What gives... 7 hens, no eggs since August. Three are 2-3 years old, the others are just under a year. They have been living together the whole time, no signs of a stressful social pecking order. They have been wormed twice in that time (no evidence of an infestation). No sign of mites...
Similar to the "How many eggs today..."; what is the longest streak anybody has seen a hen lay without missing a day?
My two that are laying began on November 20th and 23rd and have not missed a day yet. They both lay between 6:00 and 6:30 like clock work (don't tell them I have to be at work...
So... the chickens are finally starting to pay rent (first egg yesterday). The problem I have is that they pull all of the nesting material out of the laying boxes (currently using pine shavings). Does anybody have a good idea how to keep it in (or a better material alternative). Would a...
I have a chicken that is 19 weeks old. Is acting week (I noticed this since all have roosted religiously since 6 weeks of age but she started to try to sleep in a laying box the last couple of nights- she is too weak to fly up), so I did some inspection. She has a sore/ scab just under and on...
The breeder I got my oldest chickens from said that they were were a cross of a RIR rooster and a RIW hen. Is there a more specific name for this cross ( i.e. redstar or cinnamon queen)?
As i am a non-expert I would love any information on this cross ( I know I cannot say breed)- advantages...
Hello from central Mississippi.
Can anybody tell me how to upload pics from a Samsung smartphone??? When I select the image upload icon, it asks for a URL address...maybe I am just technologically ignorant.