I set 6 eggs 20 days ago in our tiny little bator and last night on day 19 3 started pipping. There were 2 different types in there which came from my own flock (my silkie wont go broody so I can't leave them with her). I put in 3 silkie X pekin bantam and 3 wyandotte bantam X pekin bantam. 1...
Saturday one of my hens laid an egg about the size of a cadburys creme egg (normally her eggs are huge) but we didn't think anything of it just had a good laugh and my dad had it for breakfast this morning. Then when I did my 3rd egg check of the day today I found a tiny tiny egg about the size...
WOOOO I GOT 5 EGGS FROM MY 5 NEW HENS YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also family have gone chicken crazy it started with my new 4 hen rescues then before we left saw v pretty hen so Tuesday came home with 5 hens. Then my mums freind who has 9 hens and cockerel asked wether as we now have chickens...
Hi just wondering if anyone can help. I have just rescued 4 commercially kept "free range" chickens. All I know about them really is that they are 6o weeks old and supposedly lay 1 egg a day. They look like Gingernut rangers and Goldlines but we are unsure of the breed, if anyone can tell us...