i have an orpington who's broody now and i gave her 5 eggs on September 30 count down with me to the happy day for my new chicks.
the eggs are 2 new Hampshire's
1 barred rocks
1 partridge Plymouth rock
and 1 red sex link
i have a hen that i got on Saturday 9/28/13. i gave her 4 eggs and on Sunday she started becoming angry, pecking, growling and fluffing up. nut she get's of the nest and sits right beside the eggs a lot and sometimes not covering all the eggs. is she broody or not
im starting this contest to see the best looking rooster that you have and i will have a 1st 2nd and 3rd place winners, just tell me the breed and give me the picture
i have 10 hens that all but 2 lay eggs every week i leave 3 or 4 eggs and i sell the rest but the eggs spoil because the hens wont set on them. whats wrong.i need help i want chicks bad.
This morning my mom woke me up and said there was a surprise in my coop so I flew out of my bed and ran to my coop I was so exsited when I got therebi saw my hen setting in her nest and when I oicked her up I saw my first egg and I litterly hug her for a min.heres my first egg
5 days ago i bought 5 chicks and a giunea from a man near the flea market. he told me they were lavenders but they are not. the chick in this picture looks like an australorp but i dont know what do you all think
i have a hen thats 22 weeks old now and for the past few weeks i have been letting them out in the morning and this hen keeps loosing a tail feather each day is something wrong with her or does it mean something. also this morning i woke up and she has no tail feathers
this is delighla hes a new Hampshire red. he is 21 weeks old and definitally the leader of the flock he is really nice for a roo, and he loves bread.
these are his girls 5 new hampshire hens that are 21 weeks old they love him so much and follow him everywhere.they eat yogert every week and...
this is neilly shes a new Hampshire red and shes 20 weeks old her best friend is our rooster. she loves yogert, but watch out getting to close is like a splash zone.i think she splashes more than she eats.
this is delilah i gave him a girl name to make him seem more tough.he loves to crow he...
this is a game where the first person asks a question example ( what is your favotrite chicken breed ) and the next person answers (barred rock ) and asks a question for the next person.
*no personal question
*...
if i have a hen that's laying on her eggs and i know they r gonna hatch soon can i pick her and the nest up and move them to the chick pen or should i leave them until they hatch then mover her .
i have 5 new Hampshire hens and 3 bantam cochin hens they are all 18 weeks should i be exspecting eggs soon. they keep puffing their feathers and are sitting in the nesting boxes all day. their comb is red/pink and they have been mounted by roosters. what should i do.