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this year my cat when broody. my mum thought that there was no way she would find a male. well she ended up having 5 black and white kittens and one gray kitten. my mum decided to keep two of them and to sell the other 4 kittens. i picked one and my mum picked another one to keep. they are...

I had 4 broody hen this year, which all sat on duck eggs, I had total of 41 duck eggs this year. My 1st hen hatched out, 1 Khaki Campbell duckling. My 2nd hen hatch out, 1 Khaki Campbell duckling and 1 Silver Appleyard duckling hatched. Later on my 3rd hen hatched out, 10 ducklings of Welsh...

I have duck eggs that are on day 27th that I am waiting to hatch. Every think looks fine when I candled my duck eggs on the 25th day, some ducklings looked bigger then other ducklings which show hatch out on different days. But on day 25th one of my eggs hatched and out came a chick, (my mum...

I got 5 duck eggs in a incubator that are on on day 21. I candled my 12 duck eggs last night and removed 7 of them, due to being dead or infratel. Now I noticed that one of my ducklings is growing upside down in the egg. Did I place the egg the wrong way up? I know that it is still a live as...

I have a flock of 10 chickens and I normally feed them chicken pellets which helps with their eggs, but over a week right now, my mum is refusing to buy any more chicken pellets, because her friend told my mum, that she does not feed her chickens and just lets them run around the farm eating and...

I have an old white hen, she has all of her feathers are white, but lately she has started to grow white feathers with black spots like a dalmatians. She is the only white hen I have in my flock, as most of my hens have black feathers. Anyone know what this might be? , as I've never came...

3 days ago my 3 chicks became pullets and my broody hen left them and rejoined the flock. Right now when it is night time, the 3 pullets, still use the brooding box / nest to sleep in. When will they start to use the main chicken house with the other chickens ?

Give away my 15 month old rooster to good home. I live near Haverfordwest town which is in Pembrokeshire county, part of Wales in UK.

So what type of bird can warn, chickens (hens) to Predators, that 100% will not attack humans and will just run away from humans, when they see them walking near by. Right now I have 10 hens and 1 rooster. At the moment my rooster has attacked most of my family and one of my mum's friends. He...

I am planning to buy two different color ropes. Just like to know what colors will my hens and roosters attack ? Colors are: red, yellow, green, blue or black.

Anyone selling LF chicks in Pembrokeshire Wales near Haverfordwest, thick of buying more female chick for my flock. Seeing whats out there.

So one of my broodys hatched out 3 chicks some days ago. They were bred from a cream crested leghorn and a black rooster, both different breeds. Now my mum says that her friend says that if the chicks breed with the rooster once they are hens, that there chicks that hatch from their eggs will...

I got a broody hen siting on 8 eggs right now, hatch day was on 3rd of June which was 3 days ago, what day do I remove her from the eggs, so that I can bin them. 25 day or 26 day ? She is very happily nesting on the 8 eggs waiting for them to hatch.

My broody hen hatched out 4 chicks from 12 eggs. Now 3 of the chicks are running around fine, but the 4th chick is laying on the ground not moving (it can move its beak), but it cannot walk. 3 chicks that are walking fine hatched 3 days ago and the 4th chick hatched 2 days ago which was...

Right now it have two broody hens sitting on 12 and 8 eggs (I have 24 eggs at one point, but one of my broody hens broke 4 eggs). One of my broody hens is on day 18 and the other broody is on day 16. So I let out my other chickens from the chicken house and the broody that is on day 18 came...

My family has used weed killer on all of the weeds around my family farm. Right now my chickens are locked in their chicken run. After using weed killer how many days until it safe to let them out of the chicken run ? Weed killer was used nettles, dock leaves and ragworth. Also what can I use...

My rooster is over mating with one of my hens, she has broken feathers on her back and red spots near the top of her wings (when folded up). I have 7 hens and 1 rooster in total. Right now I have two hens sitting on eggs and I have 5 hen free ranging with the rooster. I been feeding them mix...

I converted an old wooden small kitchen cabinet into a broody nest box that has a small entrance with a ramp and door on top for cleaning out, also i added a cage that has food and water as well. The nest sits in a old wooden small kitchen drawer which is in side the old wooden small kitchen...

So one of my hens when broody weeks ago, now 25 days has past and she is now on day 26. On day 25 she was off the nest, so I thought okay time to have a look at the new chicks and to move them all to a new nest box / run (my broody was not supposed to nest where she has nest). Now here is the...

My broody hen is on day 25 and the eggs she is sitting on have started to go rotten. If I was to remove and change them for fresh eggs, would she sit on the new eggs or would I have to wait for my hen to go broody again before I can give new eggs ?