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Oh I wanted to clarify, I know they wouldn’t actually be barred rocks. Just confused why they look so similar. Thanks for all responses! Very helpful and interesting!

One of my blue australorp hens.. or it could be from my jersey giant… laid and hatched eggs. I have a barred rock x buff Orpington rooster and I have a New Hampshire red rooster. The chicks look like barred rocks… is that possible from my buff x barred roo??

I have some pullets that are about 7 weeks old. I just moved them into a temporary pen adjacent to my main run. What’s the best shelter to use in this circumstance so that I’m not trying to wrangle them up every time it rains? Prefer not to use a tarp because of wind.

Oh and she’s like 2-3

There is a photo of her droppings. I have some layer pellets in there and the other pieces are diced ham from this morning that I gave to her.

Her crop felt empty and almost kind of bony? No lice or mites. She doesn’t seem to drinking or eating very much. I gave her scrambled eggs and she barely touched them. She does normally lay a healthy egg. I don’t suspect coccidiosis as there hasn’t been any blood in her stool. I will attach a...

My little Barred Rock, Betty, was acting strange Sunday afternoon. She was walking but a little wobbly and I noticed her neck tucked down, she was a little puffed up, and her comb, wattles, & face were very pale. So I brought her inside and put her in a pet carrier with food and water which she...

For the last 3 days, we have hatched 6 babies. I have one last egg under mama that must’ve been laid about 4 (guessing) days later. How long will mama continue to set on it with the other chicks being up and around and ready to explore?

Thank you! That was what my gut was telling me but then as I left for work, I started getting paranoid.

This is not my first time having a hen hatch her own eggs. First of this clutch hatched last night. This morning, baby was already dry and peeking out from mama. While I was examining, mama kinda pecked at the chick twice. But seemed to be trying to push baby back underneath her. My question: is...

Sunday morning we had a fox attack. I have about 30 birds, 4 of which are roosters. They have ALL gotten along as they were all hatched around the same time. That’s where I think I’m going to run into problems. Sunday morning I had a dead rooster, a missing rooster, and two missing hens.I...

Okay well turns out. I really was looking at it correctly, and was correct in my confusion. Yesterday, upon further inspection of the little makeshift nest they created... there was another egg with the brown one that was covered up by some hay. I found the egg I was expecting to get from this...

Thank you! I have seen that chart before but I guess I never paid attention to the last part. Very interesting! My olive egger was a Welsummer x cream legbar crossed back to a cream legbar.

I have some off spring from an olive egger rooster. They are crossed with a variety of my brown egg layers, so I was expecting a variety of olive eggs from these girls. But today, I noticed that the egg that had been under one of the girls was brown. Her mom is my blue production (blue...

Henrietta. My model hen.

That’s what I needed to know

She gets up once a day, all fluffed up and hurried. She’s not my first broody. She’s just the first that is showing broody signs but no eggs? I don’t think she is laying.

I have a hen that has been sitting in her preferred nesting box for about a week or so. I check under her, no eggs. Is this a thing? I’ve been tracking how long she has been setting.. if she is indeed broody, I might stick some chicks under her closer to the 21 days but I want to be sure this is...

That makes sense! Right now the two mamas of my 4 week olds seem to be taking turns watching the babes.

This year is the first year that our own hens hatched their own eggs. Our first round of chicks are 4 weeks old and I’ve seen them gain more independence from their mamas. But I was wondering how the weaning goes? Do they just eventually not want or need mom and go about their days as the rest...