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I have not every dealt with a broody hen. About 3-4 nights ago, I found that my speckled sussex began spending the night in the nesting box. She is fairly aggressive when I check eggs under her. I watcher her lay an egg yesterday, even though she has been spending all her time in the box...

I am having a hard time distinguishing between the colors for the threads that I have commented (highlighted in a light blue) versus the threads that I have not (white). I really like the feature of seeing which threads I am a part of easily, but the blue color is very difficult to see. Would...

One of my Delaware hens has been acting "down" the last several days. She keeps her head tucked back and doesn't act like she feels good. Tonight I went to check on her and picked her up...wow...she doesn't hardly weigh anything and it feels like there's nothing there! I picked up another...

I wasn't really looking for this, but happened upon it on craigslist. I have always wanted a cider press and mill, but really wasn't at a place to get one because I don't have any apple trees yet! But when a deal comes along, sometimes you just can't pass it up! The person I bought it from...

I went out to make sure that all the chickens were on their roost tonight and one of my wheaten ameraucana hens was missing. I went out to the run and found the hen sitting on the ground. It was raining a bit, so as I went over to it I was telling her that she was pretty stupid for being out...

I have 36 chickens, 3 different ages and 6 different breeds - all supposed to be in the same coop/run. 19 are now 22 weeks old (Delaware, New Hampshire and Partridge Rock) 11 are 19.5 weeks old (Speckled Sussex and Dominique) 6 are 17 weeks old (Wheaten Ameraucana) (ages as of today) My 22...

So my wife and daughter called me today to let me know that we got our first egg. My wife said it was small, but I had no idea it would be this small! It would have been laid by a delaware, new hampshire, or partridge rock.

My brother's band released a music video today and I had to share it with my friends here at BYC!!!! The band is Manic Bloom from Nashville, TN. Check it out and let them me know what you think!

Has anyone crossed these two breeds? I would be interested in seeing pictures if you have. I am raising delawares for breeding, but have some others that I plan on having for eggs. I thought that this combo might make for a good meat bird since I plan on keeping an extra delaware rooster I...

I have temporarily moved my 3 week old Ameraucana chicks in with some 2 week old Bourbon Red Turkey poults. My question is is it ok to give the chicks 24% protein feed like I have been giving the poults?

I am going to pick up 5 Bourbon Red poults tomorrow (5 days old today). This will be my first ever experience with turkeys. What do I need to know?

I had an egg break open last night apparently. It didn't get anything on any of the other eggs, just all over the bottom of the incubator. I cleaned all the egg out with wet paper towels, but I wanted to know if there was anything else I could do to save the remaining eggs? I have some bleach...

I am trying to figure out if my three new hampshire chicks are pullets. They are 4 weeks old today. Would love to get your opinion. Chick #1 Chicks #2 & 3 I may be wishful thinking, but I am guessing all pullets...which would be fantastic since these are straight run!

What age or outside temperature can you turn off the heat lamp? I have 25 three and a half week old chickens. I should have the coop finished in a couple of weeks and would like to move them out then (they would be around 5 weeks old). I would keep the coop closed up inside the coop for a...

I had to help this poor little chick out of the egg...it was the lone survivor out of 24 del eggs that I received (spent 3 days with USPS - other eggs did well). It is now 2 days old and I never really expected it to live. It appears to be gaining some strength, but has a problem with its rear...

I posted this on the Dominique thread in the breeds section as well, but figured I would try the experts here as well As I understand it, Dominiques can be sexed when they are a couple of days old. #1) Is this true? #2) Can you help me determine what I have here? These 4 were hatched...

My brother's band - Manic Bloom - is the featured artist on a website today. There is a fantastic write up about them....I just had to share!!!! http://www.ourstage.com/blog/2011/04/27/manic-nirvana/

I am sure that this has been discussed time and time again (I have read some of the threads), but I really want to start out doing things the right way. I currently have 25 chicks, 19 eggs due to hatch on Thursday, and will be putting 24 more eggs in the incubator after this hatch. I plan on...

I am on day 10 and 11 with 50 remaining eggs. The eggs were all shipped, so I expected a lower hatch percentage than what I have had previously...however I only have 20 eggs that seem to be developing. The remaining 30 eggs either are clear, have blood rings, or are dark at the bottom (I am...

So, earlier tonight I started candling some eggs and had one that was stuck to the auto turner. I tried to get it out, but apparently it was stuck tight and it broke. I did the best I could to clean it and remove any remaining egg. After the temperature got back up, I finished candling and...