So to start off this was my first time incubating eggs, I’ve had broodys this year and normally I let them hatch. But I wanted chicks that were more unique breeds you don’t find at the feed store and my last set of shipped eggs (Red blue laced wyandottes) I had under my broody, she abandoned...
In the past 2 months I am now on my 3rd limping hen. At the beginning of April I had two 1 year old red sex links start limping. One was worse than the other. I treated her for bumblefoot and she continued to decline until I put her down at the beginning of May because she started getting picked...
I have another post explaining my situation. Long story short, broody abandoned eggs. I tried to save and incubator I finally got yesterday had hunting above 80%.
Chick was alive and moving in the shell as of 3pm yesterday. As of today no movement at all. Looked just like the others I opened...
I had a second lavender Orpington go broody the last week of March after my other Orpington was raising chicks. I quick bought eBay eggs (Red blue laced Wyandottes) to put under her. They didn’t ship for a few days and I didn’t receive them till April 4th. My bad mistake for first time shipped...
Hi everyone,
my 20 week leghorn was doing lots of nesting box exploration the past few days. The day before yesterday she spent almost the entire day in the nest box, but no egg. Yesterday, she free ranged and was fine until evening when I noticed she roosted early and seemed extra tired. I...
Hi everyone, I got a rooster question. I have a 4 month old lavender Orpington cockerel I’ve added in with my pullets when they were 8 weeks old. As my pullets have gotten older, now 13 weeks, he has became really aggresive with them. He won’t let them eat, he won’t let them in the chicken...