i have a brahma hen sitting on 3 eggs. 2 turkey/chicken eggs and 1 turkey egg. i know the turkey egg takes 28 days. its been 22 days and nothing. i know that chickens take 21 days. so my question is how long do i let her sit on the mix eggs before i take them? thanks.
This is Gibblet. A neighbor gave her to us in July. The only thing i know about her is she was under weight they were only feeding her sweet feed. They had gotten her last November and she was already laying. She has put on a good bit of weight since we got her. We feed her laying pellets...
First sorry about the pic. Its not the best I'm doing all of this from a blackberry.
Is my bramha molting? She also has feathers missing on her rump and a couple around her neck.
None of the other hens are missing any. I have no roo and I haven't seen any pecking from the others.
I've checked...
Ok I want to let you folks know before hand that this is a rant about my ex husband and his family. Ok so grab the popcorn and soda pop because its a long one.
Alright the basics first I have 3 daughters with the ex and we have been divorced for many years we have both gotten remarried and have...
This evening we were out farting around with the hens whenever hubby noticed something on the foot of one of the hens. It's a large abscess. Ok i decided that I would lance it . Ok so bloody puss came oozing out . But as i continued to squeeze what looks like part of a core started to come out...
okay today i accidentally let one of my hens out of the run. ( i know bad chicken owner ) any who, i have a small garden planted right behind my house with habanero, jalapeno, tabasco, and cayenne peppers. also we have maters of different sorts (all the big stuff is planted across the street)...
my hens won't go to the hen house to sleep. i've put a what i thought was a nice roosting spot and nothing. they rather pile up on each other outside in the run in the corner. is this normal or do i have weird hens. now i 've only had them since the weekend could that have something to do with...
i've only had my chickens for a few days now and i've only got one a day maybe two and that's it. why aren't they laying could it be because they nervous? my husband said i was crazy for thinking that.
okay,my hubby had a friend of his give me 5 laying hens don't know what kind all i know they lay eggs.anyway we built a really nice coop and nesting boxes,now i need to know what type of feed do i need. the hens are about 1 1/2 years old.can someone please help?oh and not be mean about it,i have...