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I have 2 brodys who hatched 2 chicks about a week And a half ago and there was some more eggs but they didn’t hatch and the chicken only sit on them at night so I thought they weren’t fertile so I broke open on and it was rotten. Very smelly. The next one I broke open was a yolk with red Veins...

He is a 2 year old white rock and until a few months ago he never bothered me. But he started attacking my feet and my leg whenever I go into my chicken coop or just in his general area especially near the hens he goes crazy. He has made me bleed multiple times and keeps scratching me but other...

I have 2 Brody hens. One chick hatched 2 days ago and the has began eating and drinking today and is doing fine. Another chick hatched this morning and is still kind of wet. But still there’s some eggs under both of my Brody hens that haven’t hatched yet. I candled them and they all appear to...

I have some Brody chicks currently sitting on eggs and 1 chick hatched yesterday and another one is in the process of opening the shell. One of the other eggs is definitely fertile I candles it...but the thing is the egg has a slight crack in it like going inwards small crack that's been there...

Hi. 2 of my hens have gone Brody a couple days ago. 1 of them was Brody last year and hatched some baby’s and we only kept the hens of that hatch. The other Brody hen is one of the ones that was hatched by the other hen last spring. We have one rooster and he does mate with his daughters (he is...

I have thin plastic insulation around my coop which keeps the snow from getting in but for some reason it’s still very moist inside- on the ground. I put straw down and replace it everyonce and a while but it still gets kinda muddy and poopy. is there anyway I can keep it dryer? It’s very cold...

I used to keep a gallon bowl of water out for my birds but it emptied very fast. I recently put in a 3 gallon waterer. About how much does a average sized hen drink daily? Thx!

She may have been stung by a bee/hornet. One of my chickens was stung by a hornet once and I gave her a very small amount of Benadryl to reduce the swelling. Idk the exact dose though.

Sorry I don’t know how to spell ascities but I’m talking about “water belly”. One of my hens who is 6 years old has stopped roosting in the nest resently and seems to prefer to sit in the nesting box. Sometimes she does roost but it’s not common. Today she is squatting kind of and walks similar...

Looks like a hen to me. I have a bunch of young chickens about the same age as your pullet/rooster. and all mycockerels have much longer tail feathers and neck feathers than your bird.

I noticed maybe 2 weeks ago that one of my hens has a bump thing in between 2 of her toes. It has gotten bigger over the last week and is semi soft and hard at the same time. On the top of it there is a pinkish red circle. It seems to be sensitive when I touch it because she pulls away. Is it...

I have a hen who hatched some chicks about 6 days ago and she’s been walking around with them and showing them how to eat, drink ect... and she sleeps with them outside of the nest where there is still some eggs. She sat on 20 eggs all together and 8 hatched. She hasn’t sat on the eggs still in...

The chicks are all good, I’m pretty sure at day 3 or 4 since they’ve hatched. There are some eggs left in the spot where my buff orp hatched her eggs and I candles them and it looks like there is chickens in them but my broody hen isn’t sitting on them anymore she’s out walking With the baby...

Thanks yall! There’s 4 chicks so far and I think they all hatched yesterday so about 24 hours ago. I saw an egg with a little bit of crack like a chick is coming out but nothing has come out yet and that was a few hours ago. When should I leave water and chick crumble feed out for the babies...

i have 14 chickens (one of which is a rooster) and I’ve been letting one of my buff orps sit on about 15 eggs (I didn’t want to take any out in case they were fertile) and today I noticed baby chicks under her! 4 so far and I’m very excited!!! I have a couple of questions about how to care for...

I've had hens who had dark spots on their combs and usually it's just because of other chickens pecking or external parasites like mites. Try using Poultry Protector, it's a spray that can help with mites, lice and other external parasites on chickens. Also check your chickens dropping in case...

I'm thinking raccoon, they leave very little evidence behind (forced entry wise.) Missing heads and feathers scattered around are a common thing they do.

Keep your chickens in a fenced in run area or put some rope fence over their ranging area. We also use holographic birds scare tape that helps keep Hawks away as well as other birds of prey.

Thanks everyone. I think I'd be afraid of eating a fertile egg because I'd feel like I was eating a baby chick. I'm sort of vegetarian lol.

I have some older birds and a bunch of younger ones who are about 10 months old. I also have a 10 month old rooster who started mounting the hens a while ago and ever since I saw him do that I'm afraid all my chickens eggs are fertile. :hmm Is there any way I can tell if they are fertile from...