We have a hen who is broody and we want her to stay that way, but all our layer bins are slanted to stop egg eaters. She's not the egg eater, and we do have one bin that is not slanted. So we put her in there and she sat there awhile, but when we checked a little later, there were two eggs...
we have some really weird problems. are chickens seem to be getting sick and dying. first they get the runs, (1 of them had green poop) than try to get away from the other chickens, then then they start limping, the next day, there dead. any idea whats wrong? how can i stop this? I think its...
um, I don't quite know what a day a 16 egg is supposed to look like. Does anyone have pictures they could share?
Is it just me, or is the first and 2nd try on incubating eggs not so successful? If we have a questionable egg, should we leave it in the incubator, or take it out?
I'm incubating 12 eggs, but i don't know when to candle them. In one book i read, it said you should candle on the first day, the second book said 3 days before they hatch. When should i candle?