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  1. Big Red Hen

    What breed is it?

    I have hens and roosters whose dad is a Plymouth Rock and mother is a leghorn. Would this cross breed be a Rockhorn? lol Just wondering.
  2. Big Red Hen

    Day 18..... LOCKDOWN!

    I'll keep yall posted. We hope to have lots of these in a few days.
  3. Big Red Hen

    Things looking up for 2nd hatch!

    Dh candled our 2nd batch of eggs in the 'bator and out of 52 only 4 weren't growing! Lockdown is 3/26...hatch day....3/29
  4. Big Red Hen

    Broody Question....

    If a hen gathers enough eggs will it spark her to go broody or will there just be a lot of eggs in the coop?
  5. Big Red Hen

    Day 22 the results.......

    34 duds!! None were fertile. Well, at first you don't succeed, try, try again!
  6. Big Red Hen

    Urgent!!

    One of our eggs is leaking, but there is still movement. Is this a good or bad thing? Today is day 21 for the eggs.....
  7. Big Red Hen

    Day 19 today

    Yesterday when dh and I put the eggs on lockdown, I just know I saw one egg move slightly...then I waited and it did it again. Is it possible for eggs to hatch a day or 2 early?? I was not able to check the eggs this morning....was running behind schedule for work.
  8. Big Red Hen

    Eggs in the 'Bator!...We're so EGGcited....lol...

    34 eggs are set....due March 7th! This our first time....
  9. Big Red Hen

    Leghorns are prolific layers, but is it true that.....

    BLACK Leghorns will lay more eggs in a year than a white Leghorn? I read this yesterday ....And how do you get a black Leghorn????
  10. Big Red Hen

    I thought I knew.......

    I found out yesterday that my white Ply. Rock lays very light beige eggs.....NOT white like I thought. Hmmm...just when you think you know, you find out you don't .....lol.... So that earlobe thing doesn't work for all chickens, eh? And here I was thinking my Dominique had a few 2-egg days.......
  11. Big Red Hen

    What would I get if.....

    I cross a White Ply. Rock roo with a RIR?
  12. Big Red Hen

    Which is cheaper??

    Buying an incubator or building on @ home?
  13. Big Red Hen

    Wanting hens to go broody

    My hens have been laying a good amount of eggs this week, but none of seems to be setting? How can I encourage them? Or do they just go broody when they're ready?
  14. Big Red Hen

    Singing Black Sex-Links

    I have 2 that sing the egg song so loudy, but hasn't laid one single egg.(for a couple weeks now) They're almost 9 months old. Has anyone else have/had this problem?
  15. Big Red Hen

    Cross-breedin Question

    I have a White Ply. Rock cockerel and a white Leghorn pullet that I want to cross- breed eventually.....Has anyone done this type of crossing? What were the results?
  16. Big Red Hen

    Finally an egg!

    After months of not laying, one of my leghorns decides to lay Saturday! My neighbor who was predator-proofing our coop found it. I didn't believe him at first...I had been so frustrated that I wasn't getting eggs from any of them. Then late yesterday right at dusk, I found another one in the...
  17. Big Red Hen

    An egg in the future? Maybe?

    My roosters were showing much interest in my leghorns today. Two different rooster mated with 2 of them. Does that mean the leghorn pullets will start laying soon?
  18. Big Red Hen

    Showing no interest.......

    My rooster doesn't show interest in any of the hens and pullets I have(15). He'll dance around a little, but that's about it. Do they go through a phase as well? Has the cooler weather affected his mating habits?
  19. Big Red Hen

    Just wanted to know....

    What is culling?
  20. Big Red Hen

    Wanting to know about Marans

    I see a lot of Marans on here. They look similar to Barred Rocks and Dominiques. Are they in the same family?? And are they expensive to purchase?
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