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I am with you there. Don't think I could go through with killing and eating my chickens. Went to let chickens out this morning, and found one of my easter eggers laying dead in the nesting box. :,( She had just laid an egg, and was still warm. I don't know what in the world happened to her.

Oh, and just in case, I called NCSU Vet school, and they referred me to Dixie Trail Animal Clinic to treat my hen, if necessary. 919-781-5977 They even discount new patients by 50% on first sick visit, which would put the exam alone at around $26. FYI if you ever need that, but you may have a...

I am actually in Raleigh. Don't think my neighbors would appreciate the roosters and my yard is not big enough to keep buying fertile eggs to stop hens from sitting. I have three chicks now, that the current broody hen (and another hen) raised. They both pretty much ignored the chicks after...

Well, i just felt her crop, and it is fine. Never felt a flat disk shape before. And I think she is just broody, because she keeps jumping from box to box to sit on others eggs. Now I have two broody birds. Gotta make something to put them in, to get them off the nest, and cool their...

Congratz on upcoming chicks. I too bought fertile eggs, as I don't have a rooster. They don't even notice that the chicks look nothing like the mother. My hen does not growl, or puff up when I go to her, like she did the first time. But she is very docile and I was able to handle eggs and...

Also, this morning I felt her crop, and it felt like a large flat round disk. Should I carry her to a vet?

I have a black marans that has already gone broody this spring. She usually lays really large eggs with meat spots in them. After raising her chicks she went back to laying, but her eggs started out small, then gradually became larger. She is about a year old, or a little older. She went in...

Bump.

Happy Chooks: I have seen some varieties in the color of blue. Will these particular chicks get lighter, or more greyish blue, or will they stay the darkish color they are? Also, will the red fill out more of the feathers as in some pics I have seen? I have a link below, of what I expected...

Since I don't have any roos, I can't answer that question, but my hen would call her chicks over. That was the first time I had ever seen chickens do that. My chicks are now 6 weeks, and she doesn't do it anymore. They now have to fend for themselves. Funny birds. Not really a bird...

I have a broody marans, and have been taking eggs out from under her every day, and scooting her out of the nest for about a week now. Will she stop on her own? I don't have means to put her in an area off ground to keep her bottom cooled. Any other suggestions to break her would be great...

Thanks. I thought the wellie was a pullet, but wanted another opinion.

I have three chicks that are 6 weeks old. One I am sure is a roo (one of the wyandottes). I had bought Welsummer and Blue Laced Wyandottes hatching eggs, but they Wyandottes look very dark. Are they blue or gold laced. I do not know the difference. Two of the chicks are Wyandottes and the...

I have taken all eggs out, 9 under one and 8 under the other. Have candled them and marked the fertile eggs and infertile ones differently. I put them all back in, and since all are marked, I can take out ones that have been laid since today. I don't want to take out others, as hens might...

I am going to just leave them be for now. I have no idea which eggs are fertile or not, wish I had marked them before. The splash hen pecks me when I try to get the eggs. I don't like to bother her too much. I might try to candle them, but I want to handle them as little as possible. Since...

I have been laughing all morning too, but I really don't want the other hens to stress, with no where to lay. Guess they will squeeze in and make do. LOL

I have a broody splash marans that has been sitting on eggs about 3 weeks now. (Fertile eggs I placed under her are due to hatch next Friday). A few days ago, my black copper marans went broody. I had originally bought 8 fertile eggs, but found 14 eggs underneath the first broody bird, and...

LOL, I would send her to you, but she is a big and beautiful bird. Her eggs are not very dark but they all taste the same. She is such a sweety, when she is not pecking me to keep me from snatching her eggs. Hehe.

I saw the post from Hendersons site saying Marans were particularly broody, but then the chart on this site stated they weren't particularly broody, so I was conflicted. I know no two are alike, but when you see two completely different characteristics listed, it gets confusing as to which is...