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One of my egg customers who is quite odd let me know that 3 of my eggs had blood in them. She said two of them had "a lot of blood" and she saw what looked like an embryo. I didn't ask her how much blood was a lot to her because I envisioned an egg that was 75% blood and told her her next dozen...

Sadly, my eggs only hatched roosters so I have about 8 rooster chicks that need rehoming. They are 8 weeks old at this point. Let me know if you want them.

I just hatched my beauties this week, the last two today. They are beautiful. I don't ship yet but if anyone is interested I do go to Portland, OR, and The Dalles, OR to deliver chicks.

I have a 2 year old Chocolate Orpington hen who suddenly decided to take over the 8 week old boy chicks that my bloody was done with. They are now over 3 months old, and she sleeps on them and feeds them and worst, still attacks other chickens who come near the boys. Is this in any way normal...

I have 2 dedicated broodies that hatch chicks every year so we always have some young chickens. This year, 4 year old hens went broody. Then one 1/2 year old did, and a 3 year old hen went broody! What the heck? One of them was a Polish. Why all the broodiness all of the sudden. There were 2...

I have 2 Polish roos that are around 7 months old, as well as some Polish hens. I was wondering if they were fertile, so I threw some of the Polish eggs into the brooder, and surprise!, 4 out of 7 were fertile! I candled at day 5, and thought I saw two blobs in one small egg, but waited until...

I hate rats! I've lived on farms a good part of my life, and now have 1/2 acre in a rural town with gardens and chickens. I put rat bait out under the mini barn where the chickens can't go every 4 months, but the *!(%^%& rats just moved to under my deck. I put rat bait under there and closed off...

I have a 3 year old hen, my first ever chick, Doris, who goes broody every July. I had ordered eggs for July, thinking I'd start them in the incubator if she didn't go broody by the time they arrived. She went broody the day before they came, it was over 90 degrees, and I saw her 2 chicks from...

I got my first dark Brahma chick over the summer, and not only is she beautiful, she takes care of sick or injured birds. She is friendly and sweet, and I would love to breed them. I just got a hovabator, and would love to hatch some eggs. I'm also hoping to get a rooster. I live near Portland, OR

My chick developed wry neck when she was 3 weeks old. She was a beautiful blue laced red Wyandotte. I read everything here on wry neck, and did vitamin E and selenium for 3 months to no avail. Yesterday she was in constant spasm, and could not eat or drink, so I had to put her down. It was...

My cockerel was making a huge fuss this morning, and I figured he was just feeling his oats. Then the hens started a huge racket so I went outside, and my poor hen who sat on 10 eggs, only to have 1 hatch had lost her 3 week old chick. This chick never stops peeping even with food in her mouth...

My broody is sitting on 10 eggs and it is day 21. Five are from Kentucky and five are local. I'm beginning to worry that none will hatch. I don't want to bother her but the suspense is killing me. After the chicks hatch she will go into the broody coop and I will let her out into the yard with...

Hi, I'm new to BYC and 6 months in on chicken raising. I have 2 cuckoo maran pullets that I have raised since they were one day old, 1 7 month golden laced wyandotte, 1 6 month true ameraucana and 2 4 month silver laced wyandottes. I love all my girls, and I never knew chickens had so much...