Hi guys I posted a thread about a week ago asking what day my eggs were. So we have a hen that went broody but we don’t have a rooster, we got her six silky eggs but one of them broke on the first day. Today I woke up and saw that one of them is starting to hatch, these eggs were ready sat on by...
Alright we are on about day 16 of hatching, everything is going great!! Will post some egg canceling pics in the evening!!! It’s so cute how when I let her out to go eat and drink she is in such a hurry to get back to her babies!! Such a sweetie. She is a first time broody and is doing very...
This is Maria our 1 year old RIR for the past two days she had tons of poop stuck on her butt. At first I thought it will probably go away but it keeps building up and is wet and gross.She is still laying eggs every day, and we feed them a high protein feed. Help?
I know people have done this before but here’s another one! What’s your favorite breed and why?? Is it good for meat, eggs, showing, going broody, or just has a calm temperament. I would love to know!!
Hi guys, these fellas are about a month and a half old they look like some type of Rhode Island red mixes?? I posted about a week or two ago and got a couple of answers. Is it still too early or can I be a bit more certain.
Hi y’all, so one of my hens is broody🤦♀️ and we don’t have a rooster!! We went to a local place where this guy has over 200 chickens and picked up 6 silkie eggs. Unfortunately one of them broke so we only have five left. Now the eggs were already been sat in by another momma so I don’t know...
Hi guys, this is our run and coop (do not mind Oreo being broody over there, eggs are supposed to hatch any day now!!) I was wondering if that is enough space because we have chicks and if Oreo is going to hatch more do wet need to extend it?? Also how much chickens can use 2 nesting boxes??
Hi guys! My chicken has been sitting on 8 eggs, 2 of them are our eggs that are not fertile s to we got her 6 eggs from a person nearby who had silkies. They’ve already been underneath another momma at his place, wondering how much days old are they. Any ideas?? Thanks!! Btw, pics 2-3 are the...
Hi guys, we have a broody hen that’s been sitting for about four days now, since we don’t have a rooster we went to go get some fertile eggs for her to sit on. We got six eggs and we came home and candled them. Five of them are fertile and two of them look almost ready to hatch the other three I...
Hi guys, my girl is broody!! We gave away our rooster in March so their eggs aren’t fertile, anyone know where I can get 2-3 eggs for her to hatch?? She’s already been sitting for two days!!
So one of my hens is some sort of mix and I posted a photo of her which I will attach here lays a cream colored egg. Over the past few days her eggs have been getting holes on the top. They don’t leak out if I flip them over, is she pecking at them??
Hello fellow duck owners! I am a first time duck owner I have two month old Khaki Campbell’s and I was wondering when you can tell the gender. We think we have one male and one female because one of them was way bigger from the start. The bigger one also started to make noises more lower and...
Please help!! I have a Southern Rambler chick almost a week old that couldn’t walk when we got her. We made her some shoes with bandaid’s and put a rubber band between her feet, it was on for a day and she was walking fine so we took it off, I woke up today and her fingers are swollen!! I don’t...
So I have eight chicks not sure about some of their breeds, they are about a month old ( some are younger) was wondering if you guys had any idea’s?!? 🙂
I only have five pictures the other ones are too young but I do have a little chick I need help with the breed on it’s the last pic, any ideas?
Hi guys, I have a Southern Rambler chick that’s is a couple days old. She couldn’t walk when we got her so we put bandaid’s on her feet and a rubber band like you would do with splayed legs. That was on for a day, and the next day we took it off because she was walking normally! Today I woke up...
So my cream leg bar mixed with my rooster (I don’t know what breed he is) is I think starting to go broody😳😬 She is laying in the nesting boxes for a long time and puffing up and evening pecking me!! This girl is not even a year old and she has feathers everywhere!!! we just got chicks so I...
Hi guys, I am new here on BYC and a new duck owner! We have two khaki Campbell ducklings along with our nine chicks. I have a few questions that I thought I would post! First of all, do ducks lay all through the year?? And if so do they hatch ducklings every year; in the winter; how do I know my...