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This is the 2nd of two roosters we need to rehome from our late fall hatch. He is 4 m old. Hatched on 10/22. He is a handsome and gentle rooster; he is not crowing yet. I already have a silkie rooster and would keep him if I could but I only have 4 silkie hens and don’t want any rooster problems.

We hatched this rooster on 10/23/23. So far, he’s kind and dutiful; however I already have enough roosters for my flock. I can take him to a rooster surrender location here; but I’d rather him go to a fellow backyard chicken enthusiast. Let me know asap if you’re interested b/c I need to move...

Hi I’m in Jacksonville FL and I have a 1.5 yr old Lakenvelder rooster who needs a new home. He’s a handsome guy and a good rooster to his hens; but I have children and he’s a typical rooster when it comes to people. I’d love to rehome him; and not have to cull. He’s productive with his...

My broody hen hatched her 3 chicks on Saturday. I’ve had her in our 2nd coop/run right next to our main coop/run. Mama looks anxious to go outside. I usually let all our chickens out each afternoon but I’ve been keeping mama/babies in and away from the flock. I was thinking I’d let the mama...

And now there are 3!! I had to assist #3 a little. It had pipped and made no progress in about 24hrs so I picked a bit of the shell away and carefully enlarged the opening it had made in the membrane just a bit. A couple of hours later when I checked, it had gained some strength and finished...

Baby #2 has arrived... it’s an EE/Lakenvelder cross. Baby #1 is a BO/Lakenvelder.

We have a chick!!! And the other two are starting!! Baby #1/3

That is so sweet! Love the pics. I went to the feed store and got one bag of medicated chick feed. I started another thread to ask about time frame as today one of the chicks is starting to hatch. I’m so hoping things go well!!

When checking on my broody this afternoon, she was standing a bit and I could see the three eggs. One had a little chip in it, and I could see movement. It looked like there was still a membrane covering the opening. A bit later my daughter went to the coop to place a small/chilled watermelon...

Thank you so much for the wise advice. I’m thinking I can give the mama and babies some time to free range by letting them out and keeping the rest of the flock in their coop 1-2x a week. Some days I don’t let the flock out, when I’m too lazy to go open the run door... so they’d be fine if i...

Saturday will be day 21 that our broody has been on her eggs. She started with 5 and I determined that only 3 are viable. I haven’t candled since last Saturday... so assuming all is well, hopefully we will have some chicks this weekend. This is my first time having a broody with fertile...

Should I give her fresh eggs or let her keep sitting on these five. She left them a couple times when she’s switched boxes. I’ve put them back under her within a few hours... but I’m thinking that time delay isn’t good?

Yes, she’s in a coop with 9 other hens a one Roo. I do let them out each day... but the girls cycle in to lay. There are three nesting boxes. I do have a second coop. I have five 12 wks old chicks in it though. I’m concerned it would be too early to move them into the big girl coop. I’ve...

Gardenias is my guess

One hen went broody on Saturday. She’s moved boxes a couple times already. I’d like chicks but I’m thinking switching boxes isn’t a good sign.? Today I moved the eggs back under her... I know she had been on the nest all last night and most of today.... but then tonight I found her in another...

Yes pretty much ... though I’d say she’s more white with sparingly red color on her chest now that she full grown

As for the Roo and EE... these are the only pics I could find. The pic of the EE is a year ago when she was still a chick in my baby coop ... I was visiting the chicks and she posed with me for a pic.

And as for the nesting boxes. There are three boxes. She’s in the middle box which is generally the least popular and the smallest of the three boxes. So I think she chose wisely, b/c the other hens probably will be more likely to leave her be.

Thank you so much for your thoughts. I took your advice on adding eggs. I just took a few of today’s collected eggs, ran out to the coop, and stuck them under her. I did mark her eggs while I was out there. She has five in total now. I hope this goes well!

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