Hello! Yesterday morning we came across five eggs under our broody silkie. We brought them inside and candled them and to our surprise... Chicks! We found chicks developing in 3 of the 5 eggs and maybe something in another one. We figure that they are all between 2 and 3.5-4 days old...
At what age can chicken go broody? My partridge Cochin is 23 weeks old as of today and when we went out to lock them in tonight she had made a little nest and was laying right next to the fake egg we put in there. Then I saw her taking the egg underneath her with her beak. She has not started...
Hi today I noticed that my oldest hen has a swollen face. First I noticed it in one of my 15-16 week old pullets then it seemed to go away, few days later I noticed it in one of my 13-14 week olds. Although in my 15-16 week old it seemed to be the top eyelid that was swollen. In my 13-14 week...
Our order from MM was shipped on Saturday and they still aren't here. It's been 2 days and I am afraid that them being in a box any longer isn't good. They are saying that they were in Minnesota last time they were scanned and the hatchery is in Iowa. We are in New York so they aren't exactly...
We had 3 chickens, and then the smallest died. Then this morning we had another loss. Now we may give the last to someone else but right now she isn't doing too good. She has no apparent injuries but she isn't moving much and she is closing her eyes a lot. She always eats out of our hands but...
We had 3 chickens, and then the smallest died. Then this morning we had another loss. Now we may give the last to someone else but right now she isn't doing too good. She has no apparent injuries but she isn't moving much and she is closing her eyes a lot. She always eats out of our hands but...
Hey, I have 2 hens right now (1 Delaware named Dot, and 1 Buff Orpington named Tubs) and we are getting 25 more (unknown breeds)(only keeping 3/4) in 9 days! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!:celebrate Well any way I need some name ideas for them so that when they arrive we have names already. We aren't...
Hey, I have 2 hens right now (1 Delaware named Dot, and 1 Buff Orpington named Tubs) and we are getting 3 more (unknown breeds) in 12 days! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!Well any way I need some name ideas for them so that when they arrive we have names already. We aren't deciding yet because we do not...