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Hello everyone! I have four 8-week-old chicken pullets that are outgrowing the brooder. I released them into my chicken flock for 30 minutes and the hens attacked them viciously and constantly. I caught the pullets and put them back in the brooder, but I need to move them soon. Can I try to...

I've been a chicken mama for 9 years and this is our first hatch in an incubator! Yay! So the first egg hatched and an empty half shell stuck to another unhatched egg completely, like a glove. If that's the half where the unhatched baby chick's beak is, is it strong enough to break through...

Howdy everyone! I've been raising chickens for almost ten years now, but just laying hens and a rooster to keep them happy. I'm interested in broadening my flock to include meat birds to feed my family. When I started shopping for them, I noticed that the hatchery website said that the birds...

Hi everyone! Happy day! I have some sweet little week-old baby chicks that our broody hen is raising with the flock. Of course, now most of our girls are molting and I want to feed everyone some feather-fixer to get over this molt as quickly as possible. We have two feeders in the coop. One...

heya all! Question1- I have a broody hen who has chicks that will be two weeks old on a day when I’m getting new baby chicks. Can I add the baby chicks to the flock? Will mama hen protect them or will they get pecked and trampled to death? If the answer is yes, I can add them, then...

Hiya Chicken Family! We have a broody hen whose eggs are not hatching (4.5 weeks now) so we mail ordered chicks and they arrived today. I vaguely remember reading that it's best to introduce the chicks to mama at night time. Is it ok if we play with the chicks all day today before introducing...

AAAGH! My hens are 21 weeks already and still no eggs. In the past, we have always had eggs no later than 18 weeks. So here we are, a full 3 weeks behind, and I think that my girls have started to molt! Is this even possible?!! Feathers everywhere in the coop. I'm in southwest Florida, so...

Hiya all, Our feeder is mildly rusted. My kid scrubbed it down with steel wool. This is how it looks now. Is this safe to use for my flock? THANKS!!!

I want to get some Black Copper Marans chicks, and someone recommended BCM sexlinks. Since the sexlink is a mixed breed, wouldn't the eggs be a lighter brown color? Once i had an Americauna roo and a BCM hen who laid dark brown eggs and the babies laid a dark green egg, as if the genes for the...

mama hen has one baby chick almost two days old but she hasn't abandoned the rest of the eggs yet. i know baby will be needing water etc soon. should i just take baby away and raise it in a brooder?????

The eggs looked fine at 7 days candle. Now it's been two weeks. How can I tell if there are any eggs that I need to take out? Thanks!!!

Hello All! I want to maximize my hatch using my broody hen. How many eggs can I put under her for her to hatch? She's a sex link, about the same size as my black australorp. Thanks!!!

I have 12 of the sweetest turkey poults!!! They are so much more affectionate than my chicken chicks ever were! So we have a six foot tall wooden panel fence right now. I realize that when the turkeys are all grown up, they will be able to perch on or jump over the fence. Our neighbor has...

I have four eggs that have just begun to crack! My first hatch!!!! I'm beyond excited!!!! So how long until they emerge completely from the egg?!!!! I have been checking the incubator every five minutes for the past two hours and i realize that i had better pace myself! But seriously, HOW...

Hi All- i really want to raise some turkeys both for pets and for food. The three breeds in which I am most interested are the Black Spanish, Narragansett, and Royal Palm. I have been reading voraciously on hatchery websites and they say that royal palms are "good fliers." Do they fly away...

I have an easter egger rooster that i bred with a black cooper marans. their daughter is an olive egger. now can i breed the same roo (my only roo) with olive? i know that it's always best to mix up the gene pool but i don't have many options so just wondering...

Hi! I'm new at this and just started my first set of eggs. Can I add eggs after I've started? If yes what is the best time to add eggs? (Before 2 days have passed since start, 5 days, 7 days, etc or it doesn't matter?) If I can add eggs, how does it work for lockdown? Thanks in advance!!!

I just started my first incubator an hour ago. Temp is already at 91. Someone told me to put warm water every time I have to add water so that it doesn't cool the atmosphere too much. So I started it off with warm water. Now all the eggs have condensation on them. Was the water too warm??? Did I...

About ten days ago i noticed that one of my hens had a bulge between her legs, and I thought that she just needed to lay an egg. I noticed it again two days later and I thought the same thing. Again, two days later and this time I though Wow! I guess she's a prolific layer. ( I know, I was...

Mamma was sitting on four eggs and only one hatched last night! I was planning on separating the chicks to a different run to raise them. I know I can't do that with one chick! So I am letting it stay with Mamma and the rest of the flock but there are a few things of which I'm unclear...