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I impulse bought some “mixed breed” fertile eggs from eBay and out of 14 eggs, only two hatched. This little one was the first and I can’t seem to figure out the breed. Also, this is the first time I’ve ever had a chicken that would rather cuddle with me than the other chicks in the brooder.

first time hatching chicks here and have been given some conflicting advice. We were told not to open the incubator after day 18 to keep the humidity up. Fine, understood. Our incubator STINKS so bad so we have a possible rotten egg in there that we should “find and remove immediately” but we...

We have been free ranging our chickens and they’re so happy. Today I came home to find a coyote in my back yard (it was 5:30 PM), most of my hens missing and a pile of feathers by their favorite tree. I ran the coyote off and all the chickens came back but one :( One of my hens had all her...

We got chickens for the first time in April. We had to buy 6 chicks (store policy) so we got 4 yellow ones and two beigish ones. The yellow we were told were guaranteed layers the other two, we took our chances. The beige ones turned out to be buff brahma bantams. Not sure if there is a huge...

My boyfriend talked me into getting chickens for our daughter. We have to keep them inside and currently have them in a spare room inside a rigged dog cage. I'm super paranoid that the heat lamp is going to start a fire. It is a 250 watt red bulb and it is about 16 inches off the ground. Should...