I just hatched my first eggs in an incubator. :love All my chicks are doing great!! :celebrateI have a question though. My rooster is an EE; I have 3 hens: French Black Copper Marans, an EE, and a RIR. I hatched chicks from all 3 hens. How likely is it that I will have an Olive egger hen among...
This is my first time hatching. I put fifteen chicken eggs in the little giant incubator 18 days ago; tonight starts lockdown. Thirteen chicks have developed and look like they are happy inside the last candling. I had two with early death. I am worried about not being able to keep my...
Please help. I have a sliver laced Wyandotte who has been top hen (all my birds are about 7 months old). I recently got two new hens that are older; after sneaking them in and placing them in on the roost three days ago; the Wyandotte has started to mope around and slink away from the flock...
I have a RIR that is acting strang and I'm not sure what's wrong. She is about 5-6 months, not laying. She has always been quite, sweet, and reserved somewhat from the rest of the flock. The last 3 weeks she has began wondering farther away from the flock, loves to be around me, losing weight...
To remind everyone; I am new to the world of chickens and only have had them for a couple of months now. In the past week, their run has been smelling bad as well as their coop. We have been having a lot of rain lately and the heat/ humidity has been unbearable (I live in the deep south!)...
My roo and hens are about 5-6 months old. The roo is an EE, the hens are EE, RIR, BR, and silver laced Wyandotte. The roo has started showing some interest in one of the RIRs, and this past weekend he has started crowing (a lot).o_O
I am new to BYC and chickens. I have 4 hens and 1 rooster who are 3-5 months old. I kept them in their coop/run for the first 2 weeks after I got them. Now, I am trying to get them to go out when I am at home for some "free range" time. They may stay out five minutes and then they are back...