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My hens are all 17 weeks. I put wooden eggs in the coop in their nest boxes and somehow they have moved them out and into the woods behind their coop. Are they telling me that they are planning on laying their eggs in the woods? Crazy chickens! I moved the wooden eggs back to the nesting boxes...

This little lady came in a mixed rare breed assortment and had no leg band, from Meyer Hatchery. Any help identifying would be appreciated!

This little lady came as part of a mixed rare breed order. Any clues what she may be? I’m thinking maybe a Cochin or a Dark Brahma?

I just got the chicks for my first flock and my thinking was to have a few different breeds so I can see which I like best. Here is what I have: 3- Swedish Flower Hens (1 Roo, 2 gals) 3- Blue laced red Wyandotte 3 - lavender Orpington 1 - Black sex link 1 - Olive Egger 2 - Sapphire Olive...

This chick pipped last night around 7pm. It’s now 8am the next morning and she’s still not out! Humidity looks good, the membrane is white. No other eggs in the bater have pipped yet. Should I take her out and help remove the shell?

Hey there! I am wondering when I can take my week old chicks outside to scratch around in the grass for a little while? It's cold here - around 35 degrees. Can they be out for 20-30 minutes at a time?

So, we just had our first chick hatch and my kids were so excited looking in the incubator that they bumped it and the other eggs rolled. Will they still be able to hatch? This is our first time hatching eggs so I’m not sure what to expect...

It's day 22 and we've been on lockdown since day 21. Our temps were a little low at the beginning of incubation at 99.5 in a still air incubator. We turned it up to 101 at around day 12 and it was at about 40-50% humidity until day 15 when I turned it down to 12% for three days because I was...

My chick is supposed to go on lockdown tonight and the air cell doesn't seem big enough. I lowered the humidity yesterday and today... should I wait another day before going on lockdown to see if the air cell gets bigger?