I know this message is a few months old, but it leads to my question. My rooster is actively breeding with 3 of my hens. I've opened a few eggs that had signs that they were fertile. Since my hens aren't broody, Mother Nature clearly won't follow up on this. So say I put eggs in an incubator...
I had assumed pullet, but I do notice the comb and wattles are more developed than the dark brahma I have of the same age (4-5 mo?). And my neighbor says she hears a crude sort of a wanna be crowing coming from my yard... (though I did have a full grown hen that used to do that0
My young hens were kind of laying eggs here and there, so to encourage them to lay in the nest box, I put two ceramic decoy eggs in there. The next morning they were gone. GONE gone, like where did they go? Would the chickens have booted them out (buy why wouldn't I find them) or did a skunk...
Hi! I got this girl as a chick, sold as an Ameraucana. I am suspecting she is actually an Easter Egger. I don't really care... I will love her either way... but I'm curious what you all think?
I just posted this in the ID thread, but will post it here now, since y'all are Ameraucana aficionados (and hope to delete the other thread). She is 3 weeks old. Ameraucana?
She is extremely skittish and shy. Not laying, maybe because of the cold and being lonely. I think she's pretty clearly an Ameraucana. I have a couple of people interested in taking her and I hope she fits into a flock.
I got a heating plate from Rentacoop.com (via Amazon). It doesn't have adjustable temps. The bottom ceiling is too hot to keep my fingers there for more than a few secs. Meanwhile, I see other posts from people saying their heating plates are barely warm underneath. I'm nervous about mine...