We got this hen and her four chicks from a local farmer yesterday. I think she looks like a Dutch Brown, but I'd like your opinions on this. Also, one of her chicks looks right for a Dutch Brown, but the others are clearly mixes.
Here are the pictures:
If you need something clearer just...
Today is day fourteen of my eggs' incubation. I candled one, like some people suggested, but it looked more like it was on day nine or ten. I don't see a blood ring, I was never able to see veins, and I can't see the chick's eye as well as I was able to before
However, I was holding the egg I...
I have the humidity in the incubator between 50 and 60%. Some sources say that's good, and others say that's too high. This is my first time incubating eggs and I could really use the help. Currently the chicks are on day 11.
My red sex link has been acting funny since the 5th.She began to lay down a lot and stopped eating a while after. She was laying runny, light brown poo. She's a little younger than a year old. The other chickens have been avoiding her since we've gotten her. At first I thought she was egg bound...
I would like to incubate chicken eggs in the future, but there's a little complication. My red sex link hen lays these weird oval-shaped eggs that seemingly have no tip or base. (If that doesn't make sense I'll see if I can post pictures.)
I've tried candling them, but the light can't really...
The rooster on the far right of the picture.
Here's a better close up of him.
Here's the hen he mated with and her chicks. The black one is female, the rest all looked like males. The one white one we kept IS a rooster.
And finally, a closer view of a young rooster.
The adult hen...
Hi! I'm new, and I have a problem. :(
My parents and I have a really tiny backyard flock consisting of a rooster and four hens. Since Saturday, I've noticed one of the hens laying down a lot while the others are free ranging around her. On Monday, she didn't come out of the coop with the rest of...