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She is my oldest. In fact the mother of 2 other white Brama hens. She survived a possum attacks. But can not walk. It hurts her to walk. I can't feel any broken bones. I can't get her to eat or drink. What can I do? Anyone else would have made stew of her, but I'm not that way. Has anyone had...

I am getting over run with eggs. My refrig is full. I pickled a bunch, but used all my jars. I thought about trying to preserve some eggs the way they do in England. Don't wash them, and store them at room temperature. Has anyone tried this? How long will they stay fresh? I am rarely seeing...

I raised a new crop of birds last year. They got into adulthood as the season was ending with only a few weeks of egg producing. I thought I would extend this with artificial light, getting them up at 4am. This worked beautifully. 7-8 eggs a day from my 11 hens. My goal was to stock pile 12...

Because of a predictor kill last winter, I was left with the one hen and one rooster. White Bramma, coo coo moran cross. Good egg layers. I bought a Brinsea incubator. It really works! I had a bumper crop of new chicks. For the first time ever I had to process some for meat. Now some of the new...

A year or so back I had 5 hens and one roo in my chicken aria. 4 hens got out and got in the woods, then there were 2. I am raising more babies to introduce. I was able to put 5 juveniles in. The old hen and roo eat first, but the others are okay. Then I tried to introduce another younger...

I've done pretty good this year. I've got 6 layers. 4 white Brahma, and 2 coc-coo Moran. Usually getting 4-5 eggs a day. One hen went broody. I let her set on the eggs. So far 3 have hatched, with more under her that should hatch. Here's the problem. My nesting boxes are about 5 feet off the...

I have been raising a crop of new birds every year. The new hens do great laying eggs for me. In the past I used the roosters as target practice, but had a change of heart this year. My plan was to let the 4 roos run the yard, thinking they would get off in the woods and run into a predictor...

I have 3 layers, but would like a few more. I only get 2 or 3 eggs a day. Would it be best to save some eggs unrefrigerated? I worry about keeping them like this for too long. Another option might be to date the eggs, and put put the newly collected eggs in the incubator daily. What is the best...

I had only 5 eggs to hatch out of 20. Of the 5, 2 have a club foot. Drawn up. They can't stand. So pitiful. What causes this problem? Is there a fix? THANKS

I raised a crop from chicks I bought from Ideal. I wound up with 3 hens. CooCoo Moran, and 3 roos all white Brahma. The hens are laying good so I tried to incubate and hatch some. Out of 20 eggs, only 5 hatched. Out of the 5, 2 have club feet. What am I doing wrong?

My crop of chickens I raised are getting up to juvenile size. When I was transferring them gently carrying them one at a time to their new bigger permanent home. One hen got spooked and flew past me. She seems wild. I can't get close to her. She has survived for about 2 weeks now roaming the...

My dog alerted me to something in the yard. I caught the fleeting glimpse of large black looking bird as he flew off the high point of my barn. My chicken pen is on the far end of this barn. Could it be a hawk? What does a hawk attack look like? Do they carry their catch off with them? He was...

I am not sure where to put this question, so here goes. I've had a real problem with predators killing my birds at night. I finally hit on the idea of putting a light with a motion sensor. This seems to WORK. No more break-ins. Whatever it is likely an oposum,, wants darkness. The problem is...

When I moved to this property it had a barn, the far shed, built on the side of the barn had previously been someones chicken coop. I cleaned it up, and raised chickens there for 6-7 years. I also keep a goose. Over time predators kept eating away at my flock, until finally all that was left was...

I've had a time with possums. Over a period of months they wiped out my flock. Only the lone goose is left. She's pretty big. I got a new flock I raised from babies. They're 8-9 weeks, getting almost pullet size. Because of size limitations I decided to move a few to the big pen, where the...

I just received my new batch of chicks from Ideal. My 1st time to mail order chicks. Ordered 7 coo coo Moran pullets. 7 DOMINIQUE pullet. And 2 males. Maybe it was 4. But I got 28. 14 of each. I have already lost 2 of the Moran babies. So now 26. One had been pecked. So I separated everybody...

It happens every year about this time, the wife wants to go visit relatives in Denver. I think I can leave enough feed and water for 2-3 days now. Is it even practical leave a flock unattended for 9 or 10 days? I have gone as long as 2 1/2 days. But the bigger problem is how dirty the water...

Can I incubate and hatch a fertle egg after sitting in the fridge? Thanks.

Coo-coo is my all time favorite hen! My only coo-coo Moran. She's sick. Lathargic. Hardly moving around. Tonight too sick to get up with the others to roost. She has diarea. Her backside is stained with runny poop. I've seen this happen before with her, but this time she seems really sick. I...

There have been some cool nights here in South Alabama. It got down to the mid 20s last night. Will eggs retrieved the next morning from this cold temp hatch? I read in the sticky eggs can be stored at 55 for up to 10 days. This seems a way smarter way, to get all of them started at the same...