I have some eggs that are going to hatch this coming weekend and I was wondering is it safe to put the chicks out side at eight weeks old . I have afully enclosed coop but the walls and roof are metal . I'm going to put foam boards up this weekend .
I had put two eggs under my hen and 1 hatched on time but one didn't and it's on day 27 as of today . I broke open the egg on the 25th day to see if anything was growing and it was moving in its sack . I didn't tear the sack in side the egg so I put medical tape over the small hole and put it...
Hi I was wondering if anybody give's there chicken rain water and if so do you treat the water like a fish tank and is it safe to do so ? I have a 250 gallon tank with rain water and it looks like allgie growing in it .
I have a barred rock and seen she was not acting the same yesterday . I watched her and she was a little slugish and fills lighter than the ather hens and her comb and her face is pale . She is about 5 mounths old and The poop is runny and milky color . I seperated her from the flock and she did...
I'm new to the chicken game and I have a question about egg laying . Can a chicken lay an egg with out a shell ? I found one in the nesting box and one on the ground and didn't see any egg shell anywhere . Can someone shed some light on this . thanks
I have a rooster telling my hen were to lay her eggs and its not in the nesting boxes . She's laying them on the ground and i'm affriad that the other chickens will start pecking the eggs and when they start that they won't stop . What can i do about that ?