My broody hen has multiple eggs shes hatching. Last night made it day 23. 4 have hatched out fine, broody hen likes to break them open once they pip for some reason. Otherwise she takes GREAT care of them once they are out. I guess shes impatient. Now, Last night about 9pm I noticed she was...
My 1yr old Marans has yet to lay an egg. Every hen in my coop is laying like crazy right now, one a day from each of them...but not her. She used to attack they crud out of any Rooster that would try to mount her, but for the past month shes finally ALLOWING them which has made me think OK...
So my daughter who's in 4H decided she wanted to show 3 of our 6mo old Phoenix chickens at the parish fair. We took our 2 cockerels "Poop" (BBR) & Nugget (Silver) along with a Silver pullet "Dumplin'". Part of the rules were you dropped them off on Tuesday at registration and you picked them up...
So here's the deal, I ordered 15 Golden Duckwing Phoenix. I am new to Phoenix chickens. They are 7wks old now. Im having a hard time accepting that they are all the GOLDEN Duckwing. Half of them are SUPER light and the other half are SUPER red tinted. Please tell me I am not crazy. The first 3...
So we bought our house on a few acres this past September. On one side of the property there is another house but the trees are so grown up you can't see anything through the fence. Well, the past few months the neighbors chickens have started coming to our yard everyday. This was not really a...
So my boyfriends father showed up at our house and gave me 2 new chicks(I have 3 RIR and 6 Barred rock). He said he doesnt remember what the guy told him they were. Started with an "M". My guess is Marans...they have some feathering on the legs. Are they in fact Marans and does anyone know what...