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I was candling an egg when it slipped down the tube and hit the flashlight. It cracked on the end and I saw a tiny spot of blood. I panicked and grabbed some duct tape and placed it over the crack. It seems to have sealed but now I'm reading wax is the best solution. I can't pull the duct tape...

Its my first time hatching....I have a welsummer who is ready to enter the world. The egg is rolling around everywhere with constant chirping! This has been going on for 6 hours. Is there ever a time to step in and help? Need some advice.

I put a four fertile Welsummer eggs ( from Ebay) under one of my broody RIR hens about a week ago. Today I found her in a diffent nesting box with eggs exposed. I put the eggs under her again and she scooted them under her once again. Its about 30 degrees here and the eggs were pretty cold. Do...

I am new to pretty much everything chicken since last August. I have noticed that my mixed red sits all day long on a nest of eggs thats not even hers. I dont have a rooster anymore so I know the eggs arn't fertile. She was born in April and started laying around Nov/Dec. I move her to get the...

I built a larger coop almost two months ago so my six girls coud spread out a bit. They seem to have all adapted pretty well. They have all been laying pretty consistant except one. She ( red sex link) looks healthy eats well interact with the others but hasnt layed an egg in over two months. I...

Here in central PA the days are in the 20's -30's right now. My older RIR's are consistant with their laying and I usually can get their eggs before I go to work around 7am. Latley my EE's have started laying and it's after I have left in the mornings. My coop is not heated and I think the eggs...

I have 3 out of 5 hens currently laying. My two Bantam's should be laying in November (I hope). I am currently getting one egg about every other day. I use to get 1-2 eggs per day. I have put a 40 watt light in the coop now to come on about 4 am (3hrs) before our sunrise time now. This has only...

I thought I saw small (very tiny) worms in some poo a couple of days ago but I haven't seen it since. It might have been maggots im not sure. If I dont worm my chickens is it a risk that worms can be passed through the chickens eggs? I give the eggs a quick rinse before putting them in the...

I purchased a coop from ebay for $150.00 a few weeks ago and purchased two egg laying red sex links from a farmer down the street. The coop is small but it said it could handle 3-4 birds. Those birds were laying an egg a day each. I have a 6ft fence around the coop roughly 25'X 25'. Then I...

I am new to raising chickens and have only had them for two weeks. I purchased a small coop that houses three or so. I purchased three 1 year old red sex links from a farmer down the street from me. My kids love to collect the eggs every day. Today I noticed in a frech pile of poo there were...