I have a hen that has been brooding inside the coop, and her eggs have started to hatch today.
I had tried to move her to a separate confined area with her eggs last week (and also previous to that), but she absolutely refused to sit on the eggs and struggled so much that she got out of the...
I have a broody girl with eggs under her, and other hens get in there and lay their eggs too, for her to brood. I've marked the initial ones to keep in there and am removing the additional. But, I'm having a problem in that one of my older girls is laying soft shelled or thin shelled eggs, and...
Hello,
I've wanted chickens for YEARS, and have finally got my little ones in a brooder in the basement right now, and my husband is finishing up building the coop for them. We live on Vancouver Island, Canada.
We have 3 Rhode Island Reds, and 3 Barred Rocks. They are just starting to show...