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hello. I have one duck egg that my broody hen has been sitting on. It has been developing fine. I am not sure of what day we are on, bc it was unexpected brood from a hen but I am guessing day 26ish?.. a few days ago I could see movement in the egg and knew it was alive, now its so big I cant...

I have a broody hen laying on some fertilized duck eggs. I have never hatched eggs before and I see something in this egg,but no movement. I dont know if it is dead or what? Any ideas or advice? Also, the eggs are in different stages of development. What happens if one hatches and others are not...

Thankyou to everyone for the great advice!!! Believe it or Mot the a&d ointment and bandaids seemed to have helped. I know how it sounds but atleasst she couldnt peck for a lil bit and then today the bandaids were hanging off but all the blood dried up and i put some neosporin on her and havent...

Can someone please help me? My bantam hen about 6 months old has started pulling out her feathers in her chest and she is bleeding all over the place, my rooster and other hen dont seem to be pecking her or bothering with it and i dont see any sign of mites, i just dont know how to treat and...

I have a question, my hen started laying last week and the first few eggs were in the nesting box but now she just likes the dig a lil hole and lay there (inside the coop) why would she stop using the boxes?

I did take the first egg right after she laid that just wondering if thats ok or if i should have Let her sit on it, i was feeding them and she jumped out of the box to eat and i found it there and took it and i know she must have just laid it bc it wasnt there 20 mins before

My americana hen is 20 weeks and we got our first egg today!!!! Sooo exciting, I could tell or thought I could because she was panting a lot like she was sooo thirsty when she had water and she was squatting when I would go to pet her also this may sound weird but she kept walking under the...

Hello, I am Jerri and I have used this site a lot for help as I am a first timer with chickens. I have 2 bantams and 2 americanas 1 americana is a rooster and today we got our first egg and its BlUE!!!