My hens usually stay inside their big pen and coop, its fenced in. Sometimes since it has warmed up here i have been letting them out to roam our hugh yard, but they have been tearing up my flower beds..with all this yard and fields to go into and they pick my beds! ugh so i got mad and stopped...
Why the heck do they grow fully then die when its time to hatch?..its so agravating, and sad. This is my second batch of eggs and this time oout of 35 eggs only 8 hatched! I broke open a few of them to see what they looked like and they were fully developed but then died..why is that?
I had some more chicks hatch yesterday and they were doing great . But today i left for 2 hrs and came back to one chick laying on its back breathing heavily. Its body seemed really hot..so i moved the light up some and took the chick out. I got my fingers wet with cold water and put them under...
I have 15 golden comet hens all laying now and, their eggs are soo big i cannot fit most evry one into a regular large egg carton! sometimes my eggs weight 5 0z!! i love my hens and having them and selling their eggs to people who love brown eggs but where the heck can i find bigger egg cartons??
wow ive been looking around at posts and just seen a question about taking eggs off egg turner.....DO I HAVE TO TAKE THEM OFF TURNER ON ANY CERTAIN DAY? i havent done that yet but they seem to still be growing..whens a good time?
Wow, i havent posted on here in a few months! i miss it. i have been soo busy with school and well woman duties, i have gotten lost! lol so i have put eggs in the incubator last month and their 21 days will be up this friday. YAH!!! this is my first batch ever but we had great help from friends...
I have 20 chickens and I cant believe how much water they drink! I think its more than my horse! for real! they drink more than 3.5gallons a day! is this like wierd or what?
Hello , Got a big problem. My hens, who are just old enough to lay, well i thought they all werent laying. I only get like 3 eggs a day in the nesting boxes, and thats how its been for a while. Ilet them roam my yard after i get my three eggs a day. now mind you theres always one or two hens...
I know its still august but this will be my first winter with chickens. I have 16 golden comet hens and one golden comet rooster.
I also have one rhode island hen, one big black hen, one strange little high strung white chicken(dont know if its a hen or rooster, its small) 2 guinnes(ones a hen...