Well in the end we hatched 6 babies. 4 within a few days of each other and then a week later 2 more. The complicated part is that i had two hens that contributed to this lil brood and both were sharing the role as Momma. The day the last two chicks were found i also found one of my hens dead. i...
Well we now have 5 chicks. 2 hatched wednesday, 1 friday, & 1 saturday. When I checked the gang out this evening my favorite hen was up on the roost looking very dead. its crazy. she was fine last night. she is one of my broody hens. i had noticed she didnt get back on the remaining eggs last...
we have two hens and recently determined we had 7.....yes 7 roos. our females are great layers. not a clue as to what kind of chickens they are but they lay about an egg a day. we were out of town for the weekend and our friends forgot to collect the eggs and our one female was very broody...