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We have a very sweet Japanese bantam who has been in the nesting box for at least 4 or 5 hours. She is about 5 months old and has been laying an egg everyday for about a month now. I went out to check on her and found that she layed her egg already today. Every time I pick her up or move her...

We just got back from a week of camping (our neighbors have been taking care of the chickens), and we realized last night that our silkie, Myrtle, is missing a toenail! The whole thing just kind of came off, I guess. There is a very small scab and we have not seen any blood. It doesn't seem to...

While I am not hatching eggs now, nor do I think I will be any time soon, I read about something before and I was curious as to if it was true, and how it worked if it was true. I saw that one way to get pullets vs cockerels was the incubation temperature. I have since been unable to find the...

We are just finishing up with week two of raising our first chicks. We only have four, as we live in town and wanted them to have more than enough space to be comfortable. Two Saturdays ago, the trip to Tractor Supply was made and we excitedly picked out two little yellow banties (which I...

Hi there! I'm Chloe and I've always loved chickens. I think my opsession started one year at Tractor Supply when I was little, the baby chicks were there and I've been wanting them ever since. Long story short, my parents had to drag me out while I was sobbing. I think once my parents finally...