4 Ben's hatched chicks in the coop. All are still in the same coop, run and free range. We don't have any separated at all.
We took the remaining eggs from hatch's and tried incubator. 1 hatched. About 4-5 younger then the youngest I. The coop.
My daughter and I did take pip outside when...
This is Pip our sole incubator chick. She is a cry baby! Here she is checking out the video baby monitor that is so we can keep an eye on the chicks hatched in the coop. Called a couple local supply places no one has chicks. Also this morning the hens were encouraging the youngest 3 chicks...
Help! WWYD, our 8 babies were hatched in coop by broody hens and are still with the flock. we moved 5 eggs to incubator on Saturday. 1 egg was BAD and removed. 1 chick hatched just a bit ago. the other 3 seem to be duds.
So 1 chick about 5 days younger then the youngest in the coop with the...
currently we have 8 hatched!!!
moved the 5 remaining eggs to an incubator in house to see if we can get them to hatch. Our last hatch in the coop was yesterday morning and the 2 hens who were sitting on eggs had chicks over 24 hours old with out showing any signs of leaving the nests so we...
Not really trying to keep track but so far the live chicks are easy
Cotton has 3, Red has 2. There is a week size difference between the babies so it is noticeable currently. but Cotton and Red are friends and top of the pecking order so I am sure the babies will be well cared for.
the...
I should add that this is our 1st time at hatching anything. we chose to trust nature. our broodies stayed with the flock and our babies our still in the main coop. fingers crossed!
HI, late to the party but we have chicks!
Our Cotton (French Cuckoo Maran hen) was co nesting with Red band (also a French cuckoo Maran hen)
1st 2 hatched June 4th. Cotton got out of the nest box and moved to the coop floor with the babies.
Then the 3rd on the 5th. #3 was either pushed or...
an a quick update!
When my hubby checked this morning at 730 am Red band was still on the clutch with 1 chick hatched. I just went to check on them at 945 am and found Red and baby on the coop floor with Cotton and the other babies! So i checked on the eggs in the clutch and Cotton came up to...
So I found this thread on my mobile phone and then it took me 5 days to find it on the laptop! Really this post is just so i can find the thread again as I am only up to page 43 in my reading of the thread.
We have 4 French Cuckoo Maran Hens, 1 Roo that at just turning 1 year old. This spring...
thank you for the warm welcome. Yes having Grandma and Popa right next door is a huge blessing. our youngest doesn't remember ever not having the the ability to go to Grandma's in the winter in your underwear! Just two doors and your in Grandma's Kitchen! Our kiddos are VERY lucky!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes and No. I was raised on a dairy farm and we had chickens for laying and meat. Shut down the Dairy et all when I was 10. So my chicken experience is chores assigned to a child, helping to pluck chickens when we were...