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I have a hen that has a HUGE amount of blood (sometimes mixed with stool) under her when I let her out of the roost in the morning. I am thinking it is either coccidiosis or necrotic enteritis. We recently added two new pullets to our flock (about a week ago) and I don't know if they brought...

I don't know if it is the yolk...I am so inexperienced at hatching eggs--this is our first nest. The yolk is the only yellow-orange thing I can think of though that is inside the shell.

Hello! My hen, Frances, went broody on me so we ordered her 6 fertile eggs (she is bantam partridge cochin). One egg broke in the mail and another egg had a hairline fracture in the shell. We put the hairline crack shell under our hen along with the 4 other eggs that looked great...

Thank you for the info! I will definitely separate for a while.

Thanks for the advice. Our broody hen is already acting protective by puffing up and spreading her wings when the cats come near her, so it sounds like she might be pretty good at protecting the chicks.

One of our hens is currently sitting on some fertile eggs (we have 9 more days to go)! We are so excited but concerned that the other hen that we have (our "flock" consists of 2 bantam Cochin hens) might be aggressive toward the babies. Does anyone have experience with this? Do we need to...

Thanks! Do I need to give her any extra protein or anything?

I have a bantam cochin (Miss Frances) who is missing all her feathers on her belly! She has been acting very broody lately, and growls at me whenever I reach in the nesting box/roost. I have read about a broody patch--is that why she is missing all her feathers on her belly? Or, should I...