I have a hen who has hatched 2 chicks and is still sitting on a pile of eggs, one of which I know has broken...how long will she continue sitting? When do we intervene?
We've had one chicken sitting on a few eggs for two weeks. This morning another hen was sitting on the nest. Is it normal for them to give each other a break like that?
We were told this little guy is a "Modern" Bantam; however we cannot find a similar photo to compare him to.
We believe he is 4-6 weeks old.
He has dark colored feet and is primarily like a slate grey color. The light color on around is neck is already becoming more pronounced.
Hello, we have 2 Chanteclars and 2 Orpingtons that have stopped laying (well we get like 1 every couple days out of the 4). They are just over 1 year old now. We live on the central coast of California where we have had a couple hot days, but this last week has been mild summer weather. Any...