i had 3 chickens living quite happy in my back garden let them all out at 7.30 am only to my shock that a fox killed 2 of them about 1 hour later leaving just 1 i dont know how she managed to get away but she was lucky can 1 chicken live on its own or should i think of getting her a new home all...
its day 21 2 eggs hatched yesterday 1 more last night still have 2 hens sitting on eggs the 3 chicks have hatched under the 1 hen still have 2 more under her and 4 under the other hen have put water and chick crumb in the coop will the other eggs hatch how long do i leave the eggs its my first...
thanks for advice its day 7 today. came down this morring opened coop and one of the hens has put 2 of the eggs out of the nest dont now if she has done rolled them out or they have fell out while she has been moving around i put one back but was very cold other one was cracked and smelled bad...
i have 2 hens sitting on six eggs each as they went very broody tryed candling one of the eggs after 6 days of putting eggs underneth hens and all i can see is a very big dark mass within the egg is cant realy see any blood vessels but am very new to all this is that a good sign or a bad sign...
i have 2 hens sitting on six eggs each as they went very broody tryed candling one of the eggs after 6 days of putting eggs underneth hens and all i can see is a very big dark mass within the egg is cant realy see any blood vessels but am very new to all this is that a good sign or a bad sign...
i have 2 broody hens sitting on 6 eggs each i have had sent to me in the post from a breeder there have been sitting on them since thursday now 4 days have put them both out in the morring for about 15 mins to feed and get water as they wont come out on there own how can i tell if any of the egg...
i have 2 chickens 1 golden top and 1 orppingtion they have both gone broody for about 3 weeks now tryed locking them out of the pen but nothing working so i have got 12 eggs post to me have put 6 eggs under each chicken do i take them off the nest to eat and drink as they wont come out on there...