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I acquired four 1 yr old hens last night and they are all beautiful and healthy. They seem to be settling in well, today, despite the heat. I knew there might be a delay in egg-laying after the transition, but 3 out of the four were in and out of the coop nesting boxes for a couple of hours, and...

Hello! It’s been 8 weeks since I had that 18/18 egg hatch. I rehomed all but 6 the first week because I didn’t have the capacity for that many chicks. Unfortunately at least 4/6 that I kept are cockerels. Also unfortunately, I am so attached to all of them! I know cockerel mature more quickly...

I have several Marans mixed chicks from a hatching I did in March. They are 4-1/2 weeks old and all have very dark eyes. Can I expect eye color to change to the orange/red of their daddy, and if so, at what age does that typically occur?

I am excited and overwhelmed to announce that my first attempt at hatching eggs had 100% hatch rate and so far all chicks are alive and strong. The little yellow one is our first hatchling. Went from zip to hatched in 10 minutes. She’s is a moss egger and one of my granddaughters named her Nefaari.

Hello all, I posted a couple days ago about having small air cells on day 14, and how I going to keep them "dry" until lockdown to increase air cells. Several of the eggs have shown marked improvement in air cell size, but the Marans and Olive Eggers haven't really grown much, if at all. 8pm...

I'm sorry for beating a dead horse, as I started reading prior posts on this subject, two days ago, and understand that it's been discussed to death. BUT, I have not found any follow up posts describing the outcome. As happened to others, i was toodling along, manually turning eggs 5 times a...

Hello and thank you for admitting me to the group! I’ve been reading old threads for the past two weeks, for knowledge, as this is my first time incubating/hatching chicken eggs. I’ve successfully raised feed store chicks several times without incident so I’m a little more comfortable with...