Good morning! It's spring time finally in new york, and I'm noticing some of my almost year old hens loosing feathers starting around their necks/shoulders. They have never molted, I got them as day old chicks in early july and i never noticed them molting other than their first chick molt.
Two...
Hi all! I've got a super sweet hen who's less than a year old that was acting fine this morning but now seeming uncomfortable. She was hanging out inside the coop (which isn't common) a little fluffed up and not interested in any scratch grains when I spread them. Her crop feels normal, slightly...
My first time incubating/hatching, i figured a hatch along would bring good luck lol! Going to start by saying we've been having freezing temps, and i cant always collect eggs immediately so some of these eggs may be doomed from the start lol, but im hopeful! If this batch turns out to be duds...
Very excited as it is our first time intubating and hatching chicks! The colored eggs are from EE, The browns/pinkish ones are from sapphire splashes. Rooster is an EE. Also took a cool picture of an "alien egg" being candled lol, but it's just a blue egg.
Very excited to see the color results...
Hi! Just got an incubator and am super excited to use it!
My question is how long do you let the incubator sit while turned on until you add eggs? A day? A few? A week?
Thanks!
Hi! I have an EE roo named Eric, he's a super dapper guy, but I'm interested in his coloring. His pattern is unique and he looks almost blue? I'm new to chickens so I have no clue about colors lol. Just bought an incubator so im excited to see what colors he produces because even though im...
Hello! Im new to the forum and newish to chickens. Growing up i was often around chickens through my families dairy farm, or the barn where i boarded my horses but we finally purchased out own flock about a year ago! We have a small flock of 5 hens, 1 rooster and have 6 upcoming pullets we will...