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I have 12 purchased eggs under a good size broody, healthy Sussex. She has her own cage and run and it’s in a shady spot most of the day. Australia has had some very hot weather here; up to 39 or 40 degrees.celcius. Looks like my spoiled hand-fed hen and eggs survived. They are hatching 2 days...

I have had a run of bad luck and ended up with one hen. Luckily she’s a broody and triggered broodiness easily. My shipped eggs are due to hatch in a few days! Pray we get some live chicks! 🐣 My concern was a very hot day in the coop around Day 11 of development (38- 40 degrees Celsius) but...

Please help me. This morning my broody hen (3 days in) is off the nest and gasping as if it get something down. It sounds like something stuck in her respiratory tract... I saw her out so walked down to offer a little food. She was fully entranced yesterday and didn't feel like eating or...

Trying to work out if one of my 2 B&W spangled Hamburg chicks is a rooster? Behaviour is somewhat rooster like- or maybe a bossy hen? Colouring is different in back feathers… I only read about saddle feathers etc recently- here of course at BYC! Could someone who owns Hamburgs please comment...

Hi, I am a homesteader in the making on 5 acres and run a homeschool tutoring business called Eagles' Wings Education. I am from from Down Under and hubby now calls me crazy chicken lady; hence the post title. I have always loved animals but now convince everyone I meet that chickens are the...