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in my big pen theres 9 chickens with plenty of room. theres three piles of eggs some about 10 daays old and there are about 25 in all, but no hen takes care of them. like i never see them laying on them. what to do

one hen had about 15 bitties, and one day three something got in and killed all but 5. So this hen is super protective of them. I have another hen trying to go broody with about a dozen eggs. Could I pen The mother with the 5 bitties in a broody pen with the hen and eggs? If not Can I leave the...

One hen had about 15 bitties, and one day three something got in and killed all but 5. So this hen is super protective of them. I have another hen trying to go broody with about a dozen eggs. Could I pen The mother with the 5 bitties in a broody pen with the hen and eggs? If not Can I leave the...

I've never let my eggs hatch. But I made an incubator. It stays between 98 and 102 but is normally 99. Humidity varies from 40-51. I turn one half turn 3x a day. The eggs are diff ages but all under a week old and I took them out of the pen on the same day. How do I handle lockdown and anything...

Mine get corn, grapes, lettuce, apples, but if you only throw in one blue berry, after one swallows it the others will peck at it for a while (unless the rooster gets it)

so my chickens are sleeping outside on top of a pen and on the handrails to the porch. IM tired of crappy porches. So i set them up a coop and surrounded the whole area with straw heat light on a timer and tons of solar lights and perches. how do i get them to start sleeping in the back instead...

how long do you think till they lay not sure of the age but they were bought before easter. do you think they'll lay this year or wait till spring?

So I don't have a 'coop' because they free range. No threat of predators. But I have a fenced in area with an enclosed area for the tiny ones. A little two story partilly enclosed set up. They have perches eat runs of blue berries bananas fresh corn and layer pellets a timed heat light and lots...

I've read they wont start laying while the days are shorter. I live in Georgia, When is the latest a chicken will lay its first egg instead of waiting till january to lay it?

So we Got about a dozen chickens in the about a week before easter. We have a coop with a run, but they never stay there. They have another "coop" and they eat good. I mean i give them way more Dumor laying pellets than they can eat. They eat lots of blue berries, grapes, fresh corn, lettuce...