I have a 25 day old chick that was acting strange last night and her 2 Moms didn't want anything to do with her. Yes...for some reason, all my hens pair up when nesting and co-parent even if only 1 chick hatches, lol. I have a large rectangular nesting box that they both sit in with her...
I have a 25 day old chick that was acting strange last night and her 2 Moms didn't want anything to do with her. Yes...for some reason, all my hens pair up when nesting and co-parent even if only 1 chick hatches, lol. I have a large rectangular nesting box that they both sit in with her...
Help question.....I have an an 8 year old hen that has been broody and sitting on eggs for a week. She was fine this morning, in her nesting box, alert and fiesty when I went to check the eggs under her. I went to close up the pens around 8 pm and saw her on the ground clucking(like she would to...
We recently had a fox that took out 14 of our chickens. We have 2 Jersey Giants that were nesting that he didn't get. They have has 2 sets of hatchlings in the past so they are not first time moms. They have been very good mothers and very protective.
The eggs started hatching from "Dolly"...
I went out to the coop and there was a hole (about half the size of a dime) that a rooster had pecked into a 19 day old egg. The chick is moving and I can see it breathing. It looks like the hole is near the wing of the chick. I brought the egg in, place a wet paper towel, loosely around it and...