I found a hen that hatched 13 chicks of in a secret nest I didn't know about. She is across the street over in my neighbors yard with her chicks most of the time. They don't care about her being there but I'm still afraid a predator might get her or one of the chicks. I live out in the country...
My 20 RIRs are 5 months 3 days old now, and still no eggs, I'll keep them inside the coop for a few days to see if they are laying outside. I've noticed only about 1/3 of them are sexually mature, do they start laying eggs before or after this?
I have 17 4 month-old RIR hens that I got from Mcmurray last spring. I have raised chickens before, but never
RIRs. So does anybody know when the should start laying?
I have 18 3-month old pullets and this morning I walked in the coop, my coop has no openings, but one was there lying dead half-eaten. Later I decided to put my hens up a bit early before dark. I put them in the run and decided to shut them up in the coop after dark, I came back to put them in...
One of our hens, Rose, has been laying wonders, but we have tried to hatch ten of her eggs with our little giant, but none even start development. Our other hens eggs hatched just fine. Does she have a disease??? Please respond.
P.S. Besides her faulty problem, eggs that come from her are...
Hi, I have a 5-month old hen named Pair, I hatched her last year with my bator, but she grew up to be very small (she is an RIR). but she is only about 2/3 the size of the otherhens, Is this a genetic defect? just wondering.
P.S. I only have RIRs
Hi, I recently bought a little giant to incubate some eggs from our chickens. When I went on a trip I bought an auto turner. But the turner did not work, and they missed 3 days of turning ( I did not find out the turner wasn't working before I went). Will the eggs hatch fine?