Don't be surprised if you get the occasional egg with a double yolk when they just start to lay. It's completely normal until they settle into their egg laying cycle and they are perfectly safe to eat.
My very first clutch hatched out a week ago and it was kinda similar, they were a little disinterested for the first few days and then after that they were happy to eat. Once they know where the water is and you have gently dipped their beaks into it and watched them have a little drink you can...
Thanks for all the welcomes, much appreciated, Im down in the sunny south east of the country (Carlow/Wexford). Quick question guys any advice for what to do with this little one with ? yolk and shell still attached?
Hi all my name is monkey I'm and Irish chicken keeper with a mixed flock of hens. 2 Marans, 2 light Sussex, 2 wyandotte blues, and a rescue highline Brown, I also recently acquired a light Sussex cockerel.
I've been keeping chickens for five years but only got the cockerel last September. I'm...
Hi all, first thread. Im an irish chicken keeper going through my first hatch and could do with some advice.
So I've been keeping chickens for about five years but up until last September I've never had a cockerel. Anyway nature has taken course courtesy of a broody maran and I now had eight...