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I am so pleasantly surprised with how beautiful our mixed chicks ended up being! Maybe someone who knows genetics more could help me figure out which ones came from which hen. I had two roosters- sapphire splash and welsummer. I am pretty sure they are all from the splash rooster because the...

I just hatched a mixture of chicks and I'm curious if they are crossed with my welsummer rooster or sapphire splash rooster! I believe I have a mix of both. The feather footed ones are from my light brahma hen and the others could be from cream legbars or welsummer pullets. I would love to...

I just witnessed my older hen (4/5 years old) mount another hen, just like a rooster! We haven't had a rooster for awhile now but why is she doing this?!

Recently I had 2 chickens get sour crop. Unfortunately, one passed away today. The other hen had recovered a few days ago. I will give a little background so maybe someone could tell me what most likely caused it. Especially since it happened to two of my girls in the course of a week. I live...

I hatched 5 chicks- cream legbar cock over 1 marans (black copper or blue- I am unsure), 2 welsummers and 2 legbars. I believe I have 2 ccl roosters and the darker striped chicks are the welsummers and the lighter would be the marans? These wouldn't be sex linked right?

I was stumped as to what chicken has been laying light pink eggs. But today I discovered that my cream legbar is most likely the culprit..and I am almost positive that she is a purebred since I hatched her myself and was autosexed like the other chicks hatched. What's going on here? And a side...

Ok so I've heard and read so many different opinions on how to store eggs that I want to get some answers from everyone else. I've had chickens now for almost 4 years. If the eggs are clean (or almost completely), I store on the counter for a few days to a week and then refridgerate. If the...

*Ok edited- not prolapsed vent but crusty swollen navel!

Hatch day was yesterday and I had one egg pip last night and is still hatching today. I have 2 other eggs that have not pipped. After this next one hatches should I wait another day for the other two? What are the chances of them hatching after tonight?

So I am on day 19 of my first hatch (yay!). I have the new incuview with the digital hygrometer. It says to have humidity between 60-80% for hatching period. It has read 80% for the last day or so. I get mixed answers on correct humidity. Does this seem too high? During the 1st 18 days humidity...

I have a welsummer that has laid 2 eggs now with purple lavender colored spots! So pretty! I tried to get the best pics possible. Is this called a bloom? Any ideas on how to keep it going? :)

I'm building a 300 sq ft chicken run but don't want to spend a fortune. Will 6' chicken wire be sufficient for keeping chickens in? Deer fencing? Other ideas? The chickens will be locked in the coop at night so I am not overly concerned about keeping predators out. I also plan to rotate the run...

So one of my hens went broody- I believe that's the term? She started sitting on a couple eggs a few days ago. Well now all of my other hens (4 of them) have started laying their eggs on top of her! Poor thing is trying to sit on all of these eggs they keep laying on her. So my questions are, do...

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I'm about to start collecting my eggs for my very first incubator. I recently got a lavender orpington pair and I have a cream legbar hen as well as salmon faverolle hen. Will my orpington/legbar mix give me "olive eggers"? My legbar lays beautiful big blue/green eggs right now. I got some...

Looking to start incubating a few eggs and giving it a try. Any recommendations for "beginner" incubators? I'm not wanting to spend a a lot of money on one at this time but it's hard to tell what is a decent one online. Any tips or things to look for in one are appreciated! Thank you!

So I would like to increase my flock this year..by a lot haha! I'm wanting to sell eggs at local farmers markets and butcher some birds for personal consumption. Show me your coops/sheds that you use to house your birds. Any other tips or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

I have a coop that isn't insulated but is completely enclosed- just a small door for them to come in and out of. The coop is located between a row of pine trees, so it's pretty well blocked from wind. Heat lamps are NOT an option. I keep fresh straw in the coop and they have constant water and...

Not really sure how to word that but we ended up with about 7 rooster chicks in our order. They are ameracaunas- so they are NOT meat birds but from what I've read they should make a good soup chicken?? They're about 6-7 weeks old now and I'm wondering when would be the best age to butcher them...

So a few weeks ago two of our chickens went completely missing along with our cat later that night. We assumed it was coyotes because there was no sign of any of them. Plus it was done during the day whereas a coon or fox wouldn't hunt. Now just today I found one of our other chickens dead on...