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This year was the first year that we have roosters and could have babies of our own, so I couldn’t resist letting my broody hen sit on some eggs! We hatched out four little nuggets and it has been a fun game trying to figure out who the parents are since none of the eggs hatched belonged to the...

I have some eggs under a broody hen. Most of them have hatched out and today is day 22 so I decided to lift mama up to see how everything was looking and I saw this The baby is still alive and I don’t know if this is normal or if it needs help. Please send your advice!

Hey just wanted some opinions. I have a Cochin hen that is broody and I would like to hatch my own eggs this year, but I’m worried she if her being young might not make her a great candidate for a mom. She was hatched in October and she is still kinda small, not full grown yet. Her eggs are...

Hi all! I have a 16 week silkie and was wondering if anyone could tell me the gender yet 😁

Buff Brahma and Black Copper Marans cockerels. I ordered some pullets from Meyer Hatchery and unfortunately got some boys. I don’t have enough hens for anymore roosters. They are 14 weeks old as of 1/23/22. They are handsome and sweet boys, the Brahma tolerates being pick up a bit better than...

Hi, I ordered ten pullets from Meyer hatchery and seem to have gotten some boys. I’m very disappointed as I’m sure that the first two are cockerel’s (tho please feel free to tell me I’m wrong) but am hoping that my Brahma doesn’t make three 😞. They are 5 1/2 weeks old I have never had a chick...

I have posted about his chick before regarding what breed it may be. Based on the low quality lacing that is coming in I’ve decided on a SLW mixed with… something. I bought it as a pullet from the rare breed assortment from Meyer. It is only three weeks but it’s hard for me to call this chick a...

Hey guys! So I ordered 6 chicks from the rare breed assortment at meyer hatchery and was able to identify most of them. But this one has me stumped. They have a chick ID page but she doesn’t really look like any of the chicks from their. So as a default I assumed she was an olive egged, but then...

Hello all, I just noticed today that one of my cockerel’s wattles seems to have a pocket of something (blood, puss, idk) and was wondering if there’s anything I should do for it. There’s a spot on the wattle where it looks like it could have been scratched, it was bleeding earlier, and it got...

Hi! I have a 5 and a half week partridge rock and I read that you can tell their gender by their breast feathers so here are some pics. She is feathering in the slowest out of my chicks so I understand if I need to wait a little longer but just thought I’d give it a go

I have a brown leghorn chick that’s only 3 weeks old but has a lot of its breast feathers in. I read that you can sex brown leghorns by their breast feathers, but can you this early? I’m so impatient 😫 I’d say that most of the breast feathers are black but some are brown or black with some...

Hello everyone! I went out this morning to find a very strange egg in one of my nesting boxes. I thought it was a nut at first then I thought it must be an egg from another bird since there was no way one of my chickens laid this, but my coop is sealed off from wild birds. I had to assume that...

Hi all, I have a young buff orp cockerel and am thinking about keeping him since we don’t have any other roosters. I know that buff orps are usually described as very sweet chickens and was wondering if that held true for the roosters? I know that every rooster is different, but just wanted to...

I have three 2-week-old buff Orpingtons and I know it is really early but one’s comb already looks red and thicker than the others. Can you say if this is a cockerel yet?

So it’s day 20 of my hatching eggs being under my hen and I came out this morning and saw a little head pop out from under her! I’m so excited but after watching her I see that ever now and then she will start panting. It’s 55 degrees Fahrenheit out here so I know she’s not hot so I figured she...

So while reading through the threads on here I’ve heard the term “lockdown” being mentioned a lot. Now I have my eggs under a hen, not in an incubator, and was wondering if I should still take her off the nest to eat and drink after the 18 day mark. I’ve been taking her off once or twice a day...

Hello all, this is my first time hatching out chicks and I am so exited! We are day 16! I was just wondering what the time window is for the eggs to hatch, and after how long give up on the eggs if they haven’t hatched. Thanks!

Hi! I have a broody hen sitting on some hatching eggs out in my barn right now and we have some warm weather coming up, in the upper 80’s, and I’m worried about her getting too hot. Will she? Is there anything I could do to keep her cool like putting a fan on her, or would that stress her out...

Hello all! I have a broody hen and ordered some hatching eggs to put under her so she can be a mama and I can have more feather babies! This will be her first time as a mother and my first time hatching eggs.I put her in a dog cage separate from the coop with chicken mesh around the bottom half...

Hi everyone! I had posted about my barred rock supposedly pullet a couple weeks ago and got mixed responses on whether she was a pullet or cockerel. She is 7 weeks tomorrow and just wanted to hear your thoughts. My guess is pullet since that’s what we bought her as. Also she doesn’t look to me...