Had four eggs pipping last night in the incubator. This morning I found one chick perfectly hatched, two more that were half zipped and one that had a foot sticking out of it! I decided to help the one with the foot,it was ready to come out with no veining in the membrane. Chicken got out and...
Everyone who participated in the may hatch-along (and everyone who received hatchery chickens in may) - how are your chickens doing? I'm just curious, as when the hatchalong is over, everyone seems to just wander off without givign updates.
I had 10 chickens hatch in may. Four hedemora...
I have three roosters in my flock. They're 10 months old now, peaceful and never fighting at all. They are freerange during the day, and staying in a double horse-stall at night. None of them has showed any symptoms of diseases, but earlier today I noticed that one of our roosters is missing a...
My silkie bantam has been laying on eggs for 14 days now when suddenly my bantam kochin decides to join her. Literally join her, lying beside her on the same eggs in the same corner of the same nesting box. Is this normal? How will things go as the baby chicks start to hatch? They seem peaceful...
Mine are finally out and about on the snowfree areas of our yard. One would think chickens raised in Norway wouldnt mind a little snow, but my buff orpingtons refuse to put their royal feel on that cold white stuff. So their are of range has slowly gotten bigger as the sun has meltet away the...