I am new to hatching eggs, and yesterday, we had this baby hatch out, but it still had its yolk attached. (The other hatched days ago and had already been removed, while we were waiting to see if anything else would hatch) It's been well over 24 hours and the yolk appears to be fully absorbed...
Yesterday, I came home from work to let my girls out of their pen, and one of my hens was dead as a rail. They were running free all weekend long. I keep them locked up while I'm at work, since I can't necessarily protect them if I'm not there. So I'm not sure if she had gotten into anything...
I've recently acquired an Easter Egger with a few other chicks. They were all supposed to be sexed pullets when we got them. This one, Independence, was a few weeks old already when she got to my house. We started calling her Teresasaurus Rex, because she was so big and gangly.
Right now...