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P.s. Her other eye is fine, though.

One of my chicks eyes is swollen and has clear goo and bubbles coming out of it! Its swollen!! It started about 4 days ago, (chick is only a week old.) None of my chickens have ever had this before! When it first started out it was a little wet around the edges of her eyes. It just looked likes...

Cukoo Maran hen hatched 1 chick this morning! AHHHHH!!! The only thing is, in the OTHER hen's nest I found a broken egg shell with ants all over it and blood vessels inside it. AND Cuckoo Maran feather in it. Inside was slightly wet. eek. No sign of a chick The mixed breed hen had moved to a...

Hey! Ooone more question, sorry! One egg I candled had a black dot sort of floating around in the middle of it. It was about the size of a half dollar. I could see through the rest of the egg and I could see the air sack. It wasn't moving. No blood vessels.. Deceased chick?! Was that just the...

Thanks!! I'll wait a couple days and see what happens.

I have a Cukoo Maran hen sitting on about 15 eggs and a yellow/brownish mixed breed sitting on about 5. It is day 22 for the Cukoo Maran and day 20 for the mixed breed and nothing has hatched... normal..? Yesterday I candled about 4 eggs each from their nests and I couldn't see anything inside...

What breed is this rooster and how much do you think he could sell for?? Thanks!! (; ~farmgirl

thank you Karen!

My broody hen has been sitting on 10 eggs. Only 3 of them hatched about 1 or 2:00 PM yesterday, (one of the 3 hatched like an hour or 30 min. later than the rest) .I think yesterday was day 20. Should I go ahead and take the remaining eggs out from underneath her? Or is there any chance they...

How long does it take for chicks to hatch? I have researched it some and different people say different things, so I really don't know who or what to believe! haha. I have 10 eggs under a broody hen and today is day 19. Could they hatch today, possibly?

Do you think it's dead?

Here's a picture of the egg.

I have a cracked silkie egg that my chicken kicked out of the nest. The crack is pretty small and there is no egg yolk coming out. It is on the top of the egg, and it looks like a spider web. It is also a little caved in, and looks like a chicken pecked it. It is cold, and I'm not sure how long...

Why would you do that? and how do you break them? Do you know why she's acting like this? thanks! (:

Thanks, cluckcluckgirl! like yours too. (:

Glad you're here!! Welcome aboard!! (: farmgirl

I overheard someone saying that Silkie roosters don't crow as loud as other breeds like Australorps and Buffs, and are much more quiet. Is this true??

I just went to check on her 5 minutes ago and she had kicked 5 eggs out of her nest! 2 are slightly but not badly cracked at the top, and they are cold. Help me, somebody!! What should I do?

Penny broke her 2cnd egg in two days today! It is her first time being a broody, as she was born last August in 2014. I'm not sure if she is stepping on them when she rearranges them/gets back into her nest, or actually eating them, but each time she has had egg yolk on her beak with shavings...

FANTASTIC article!!!! Very well thought out and great ideas!!! Just tried a few ideas and my chickens are happy and busy. (: