Ok....so I can't think of any more polite of a way of saying it. We have 6 hens and 2 roosters (one older, established, and good for the girls and one that's a year old and waiting to go to auction). Recently 5 of our hens got broody and we got tired of trying to break them. We free-range our...
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This is my first time trying to hatch eggs in an incubator. Momma hen abandoned her eggs and we are trying to save as many of the little guys as possible. I have candled the eggs every couple of days for the last week or so and they are definately developing and there is movement inside but...
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About a week and a half ago, one of our hens went missing. Well yesterday our pipes froze under the house because its been so cold and, when we went to fix the leak, we found momma hen under the house sitting on 17 eggs. We had to relocate her so that we could correctly fix the broken...
Momma broody disappeared about a week and a half ago. We found her when searching for a water leak because our lines busted because its been so cold (15 deg at night). We had to box up up under the house to prevent further damage so we tried to relocate her tonight to the chicken coop so she...
Hello everybody! I have been on BYC many MANY times in my quest to raise chickens and I finally decided to become a member so that I can be a part of the conversations.
I am originally from the Denver area in Colorado and wanted to have chickens for many years but was unable to because of the...