I've screwed up. I have a small flock and let a hen hatch babies so we've got about 30 chickens now. I'd like to get rid of some, but no takers. I've also had a pair of turkeys for about 2 years and got my first poults via an incubator this year and some other from another bloodline from a...
My poor Jenny has had terrible luck with eggs. She always goes away from the coop to nest and something gets her eggs. This time, our neighbor has 2 dogs that she made friends with and they've been guarding her nest. She started with 11 and I put 3 of the eggs under a broody hen as our backup...
I've only had chickens for 2 years and we just let 2 broody girls sit on eggs. I had 2 eggs hatch on Saturday and one mama is taking care of those. I put the eggs she abandoned under the other mama and one started a pip hole last night but didn't make it out until this afternoon. 2 others...
I collect eggs daily and like to keep them room temperature. My daughter's babysitter put the eggs in the fridge and I just now realized it, it's been about 4 days. We're about to go on a 14 hour road trip to visit family and I wanted to take the eggs. Can they go back to room temperature? They...
I got this on a whim today with my other pullets because I wanted my crested blue polish roo to have a hen. But she was accidentally shipped with the guy's order and we have no clue what she'll grow up to be. Any ideas?
We are brand new to chickens and will be getting 6 pullets this weekend. We will eventually build a 'real' coop, but we need to figure out exactly what we need so are starting small and I'd like to repurpose an armoire initially.
Our main area is a 13' x 12' slab attached to the garage. We...