Instead of getting eggs when my hen went broody, I bought day old chicks. The feed store said they were 95% certain the chicks were female. (How can they make that claim at that age?).
I put them under my broody and she has been a wonderful mom.
(By the way, I would never have attempted this...
Hi all,
I had a disappointing hatch.
I was down to one hen and she went broody. Perfect! I got six fertilized eggs and she did a great job sitting. During that time she kicked out two eggs and ate them. That left me with four. On day 21 one egg hatched. Cutest little guy. I waited and waited...
I know for sure the bigger one is. The crowing helped. :-D
But I wasn't sure about the smaller one. I'm starting to think it is a roo because he and the larger one sometimes go at it. But he hasn't crowed. What do you guys think?
It happened. I had my girls out free ranging and went inside to shower. I was in the bathroom, heard one of my girls making a fuss. And saw the coyote coming into my yard. I grabbed my air rifle and ran outside. It had my Buff in its mouth. I screamed and the coyote dropped her. I got one shot...
My chicks are 6 weeks old on Saturday and I have finally named them.. Can anyone tell what breed they are at this age?
I purchased the fertile eggs from a local farm. I know one egg was Americauna fertilized by a R.I. rooster. Have no idea which chick that is, my guess would be Daisy.
The...
A little history... I had four chickens and lost three. The one I had left is Earline. She has always been the most skittish chicken, maybe that's why she was a survivor. I couldn't leave her alone so I bought another Buff Orpington. Earline is a barred rock.
Earline established the pecking...
This is my first time letting a broody hen hatch. It's the hens first time too. I didn't have a rooster so I got four fertilized eggs locally. All four hatched today.
Three were golden and one was black. When I went out to check on them the black one was not under momma. And I noticed some...
I started with 4 hens that I bought from someone moving out of state. 2 barred rock, 1 Rhode Island Red and 1 buff Orpington.
I'm down to one as of this morning. :(
My first one, the Rhode Island Red, got snagged by a raccoon through the chain link fence. Lesson learned, wrapped the chain...
I came home last Monday morning and there was a beat up chicken in my front yard. I couldn't just leave it for the racoons or coyotes so I got out my dog kennel, put her inside and brought her in the backyard. I kept the kennel up on the patio table because I wasn't sure how my dog would react...