Our hen is hatching her babies and one is hatching outside mama. It is about 69 degrees out side. Do I move it back under mama? I just put a heat lamp in the coop just incase. Any suggestions would be very helpful.
I need everyone to hep us figure out what is going on, its soooo weird.....
Here is what is happening. Our hen sat upon 10 eggs, 7 hatched and 3 did not. This was 3 days ago.
When my daughter and I walked in to check on mama and her babies we were startled to find what looks to be a newly...
Hi all, I had to separate my rooster from my hens to create a "bachelor pad" because he as been getting really aggressive. I blocked off the view of his hens and now he is freaking out, he is making all sorts of sounds I have never heard from him before.
Is this normal? Will he stop? Will he...
My hen hatched 4 roosters and I'm not sure what to do with them. I cant find anybody who wants them, we dont plan on eating them.
Can I keep all my roosters happy together in a coop together? Is it possible? I dont want them to kill each other.
I have a Cochin hen how has been brooding her eggs. I counted out 21 days since she "disappeared" and it has been 2 days past the 21 day mark. I candled a few and some seemed really dark with the air pocket... I dont know if they are alive or dead or if i miss counted the days. I honestly dont...
Our hen hatched laid 16 eggs. The first one hatched 6 days ago, and the last hatch was 2 days ago. She is still sitting on the remaining 7 eggs. Is there a possibility that any more will hatch or are they duds?
I don't want to risk going in there and messing with the eggs if they could still...
We adopted 2 hens and 1 rooster last spring (chicks when we got them). I didn't think they would start laying eggs until this spring. To our surprise one of our hens went broody 2 days ago. She is sitting on 16 eggs! We are in Georgia January winter weather and she is outside in her coop. I put...