A couple of weeks ago one of my girls - Cagney - started to confine herself to the nesting box, and after doing some homework I realised that she had gone broody. We don't have a cockerel in the flock, but she was determined to incubate all the eggs (I have 7 hens in total and Cagney was...
I have five 29-week old Black Australorp hens and still no sign of an egg from any of them! They have been on layers pellets since 23 weeks and appear happy and healthy. I am starting to wonder if the breeder wasn't honest about heir date of birth, but I don't know how to age them. Here is a...