Thanks! She's on the nest again now. Do you think I might have better results if I let her settle until tomorrow night before trying to move her? I'll be sure to keep the dogs away.
Also; when I try to move her, can I just make a nest out of hay and put the eggs in there? Or do I need to try...
I'm going to try to keep this short, ask for more details if needed please.
I have a tetra tint hen. She "disappeared" about a week ago, I suspected that she was setting on a nest because I hadn't been getting eggs from her in my laying box. I figured she had been hiding them, and had started...
She actually was in a very overgrown part of the yard very close to the house. I must have walked right by her a dozen times at least. I'm sure she has been wandering around the yard some during the day, but apparently I just kept missing her.
I found the nest! Actally, my dogs found it and scared her off of it and she hasn't gotten back on it yet. Will she sit on it again? There are 15 eggs that she's been incubating about a week already, I'm very interested to see if she can hatch them.
Thanks!
I have two Tetra Tint hens, and one of them has been missing for the last two days. I have only been getting one tetra egg a day from my nest box, so I assumed that only one was laying. I am still getting one egg a day from the one hen I have left. There are no feathers of signs of foul play. I...
There is a post on my local Craigslist advertising Blue and Black Copper Marans, hatched from eggs resulting from a mixed Flock of Blue and Black Copper Marans. When I inquired about the ad the seller said this:
"We've 2 groups Wheaton Rooster with wheaton and Blue hens and the other group is...
There is a post on my local Craigslist advertising Blue and Black Copper Marans, hatched from eggs resulting from a mixed Flock of Blue and Black Copper Marans. When I inquired about the ad the seller said this:
"We've 2 groups Wheaton Rooster with wheaton and Blue hens and the other group is...