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I have two eggs hatching right now. They were supposed to hatch late on the 13th or early on the 14th of January. Today my son called, very excited. He said one of them is raising heck and pecked a hole in the egg and there's a little V cut in the membrane. It's moving around in there and...

I have a friend that says his neighbor is selling 2 month old Buff Orpington Chicks. ... Not having ever raised chicks before I cannot envision what a 2 month old chick looks like. I poked about on google. Maybe I'm asking it the wrong thing. Can someoene please post a couple of photos of...

Pretty sure this egg is bad but I want to check. I have 9 eggs in the incubator. They seem to be going well except for one. It has a cluster of bubbles. When I turn it, the bubbles follow. They aren't dark. They are clear. Clearly a cluster of bubbles. Pitch it? A friend of mine told me...

I've done some reading and after some discussion, my husband and I have decided to make our first DIY still air incubator. I have been reading in this forum a lot lately and are quite excited to embark on our first three eggs ... We took three eggs from the dozen we bought at our local WalMart...

17 years old is a good age for a chicken. I suppose I shouldn't be so sad. She was sitting in the front yard today sunning when I left, enjoying herself. When I fed the horses I threw food out for the three free range chickens in my yard. She didn't come. I found her in the horse stall. She...

Which is a good question ... at least in my mind. When DO they start crowing? I have a young rooster. I heard him sort of ... well I'm not exactly sure what the heck that was. He kinda warbled, then choked, then sorta squeaky squwaked and looked at me like I did it. He did that about three...

RiR's usually, as most of you know, lays dark tan eggs. Today she laid a light super light almost white - cream colored - egg. Any thoughts on this?

He's everything you could ask a roo to be ... Handsome Watchful Protective Calls the girls when he finds good food to eat Doesnt go after humans - even when they grab his girls Friendly Curious Outgoing Doesnt pick the feathers off the girls when shagging them BUT . . . . The bugger...

This is my new rooster, who was a rescue. His name is Hagrid. I dont know what kind of rooster he is. While it doesnt matter whole lot because he's just beautiful, it would be kinda nice to have an idea of what he might be. Any takers on thoughts on this? Buff Orpington perhaps? Below is one...

Just a question. Not an emergency. My RIR's comb is flopped over to the side. It doesnt seem to bug or hurt her. It was like that whenI got her. The other one is fine. Is this a normal thing? I asked her but she just gave me chicken eye and pecked my foot for being so rude as to point...

I am a new chicken owner. I was given two RHI's from a friend that had Leghorn Pullets. The RHI's were bullying the pullets. She was going to take them to animal control. Instead, I brought them home so they could help control my mole cricket problems. So far they are doing a great job...

This is NOT what I intended when I said a few weeks ago that my husband and I were looking to get chickens. We have been working on coop plans, breeds of chickens, what we want to do with them, free range or kept in coop, etc. I've had experience with Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and Plymouth...

Howdy! I owned a couple of Road Island Reds and a couple of Leg Horns that were given to my Grandmother by a friend of the family. She had chickens when she was younger so she taught me stuff about raising chickens. I dont know if they were the right things or not, a lot of it I'm sure I...