Despite all of my well-intentioned interference and basic stupidity, there is lots of peeping going on under my dear broody hen and tomorrow is hatch day! Aqua, my blk cochin hen, has been sitting on three buff brahma eggs since March 6th. And I, in my supreme ignorance, have done everything...
My first ever broody (from my first ever chickens) will not sit on her eggs if I move her. She is currently sitting on three eggs in the ever-popular middle nesting box. She seems to be extremely devoted to her task, warning the other hens away if they try to take over the nesting box. She...
The poop of one of my 5-week old chicks had a small amount of blood in it. Her behavior is absolutely normal (and, as these are my first ever chicks, I have spent a lot of time with them and have gotten to know their "characters"). She was my little runty, but has really feathered and is...