Thank you very much Laurel Tree! These ladies give me about 5 to 6 eggs a day! We are going to have a couple little ones hatching any day now, fingers crossed and prayers said, if we are lucky
So my mother in law and I took them into the bathroom without any lights and held my flashlight up to the eggs and there look like something in there! Now I may have my count off by a couple of days. Maybe in a couple of more days. If nothing happens by Thursday or Friday I will get rid of the...
Two Crows thanks for the helpful information I am gonna go do this right now before the hens go back inside the coop and she sits back down. I will let you know what I find
So my one hen is broody and I allowed her to keep 2 of the eggs and sits on the most of the day and only gets up a few times to eat and drink them right back to them. It's been 3 weeks and 2 days but no baby chick's yet. Not sure if the eggs are even viable, but they definitely feel heavier. It...
Thank you! He is ornery at times. When I change their water and feed the ladies come running and he gets mad and will come running flapping his wings! I just puff up and flap my arms right back at him. He don't know what to think lol
Hey ya'll I am Lilcountrgal! I have Rhode Island Reds, 6 hens and 1 rooster. I am also a mama to 3 beautiful babies and we returned home to Oklahoma after my husband served in the US Coast Guard. We live out in the country and ate loving it. We started out with 7 Rhode Island Reds and are...
I have Rode Island Reds (6 herbs and 1 rooster). I left 2 eggs under my broody hen and is been about 22 days since I left these eggs, my questions how can I tell if these eggs are viable with baby chicks in them and how long dies it take until they hatchave naturally? No incubator, just...