I have been keeping them in at night and then letting them roam my back yard during the day. They are locked up until I let them out each morning. I am totally going to look all over the place today and see if I can find anything hiding under their favorite bushes. I've kept them in as late as...
Ok, so I am a total novice and this is my first flock of chickens. No one has laid an egg yet and no one has crowed... hmmmm. $ of them have bumps where spurs should be but no one has any spurs. I have not seen any sexual behavior. I am getting very impatient waiting to figure out who is really...
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This is my first hatch. I read 6 books about incubation and did tons of online research. I am kicking myself now for wanting unique breeds that I couldn't find locally. Because, of the 20 mail order eggs, only three remain. One oozed the second day. Three started smelling along the way and...
Thanks so so much suzettex5!!!!
I may at some point want to try again. But my main concern at this point is that there are 14 preschoolers who want little fuzzy chicks to love. They have been putting up a picture from a stages of development cartoon on a calendar every day so they know that...
So, I am a newbie to chickens. I swear I have read at least 10 books getting ready for this big spring project. I started 20 eggs on May 1st and was fastidious about my temp (three thermometers!!!) and humidity. Today there are only two with life in them. I got the eggs from MyPetChicken. My...
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I am a 1st time incubator. I set 20 eggs at noon ca time on the 1st of May. Yesterday, one oozed out all over the bottom of the incubator. I was soooooo sad. I cleaned it out the best I could and sanitized it. Today there is s bad smell but I can't figure out which egg it is. What should I...