My hens have been laying for about 3-4 weeks. I have been getting 6-9 eggs a day some are still small some are huge double yokers. I have a hen thats broody i collected eggs yesterday and today but i only got about 3 eggs yesterday and today so far ive got 4. I think its cuz its so hot. I keep...
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Hi all. An update on my broody Black Rock. Well i purchased 6 buff orprington eggs off Ebay. I didnt really have much hope for them. They arrived by post and we put them straight under the hen. what do you know? 20 days later all 6 hatched. :jumpy Im so pleased i did it as she seams to be...
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We do pretty well with 3 roosters and 21 hens but there are a couple of hens (each roo has a favorite) who end up with damaged back feathers and we often will put 'hen saddles' on them to help. Trimming the roosters spurs help also.
I hope your flock develops as you want... it is a...
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love your videos. I bought chicks that are suppose to be sitters when they grow up.hope to have lots of little chicks too :) I have about 24 girls and 3 boys I plan on keeping. Hope that's not too many roosters. I guess we will see. I have one golden laced rooster, one Brahman, and a red one...
oh my!! lol I have about 40 hens and they haven't started laying yet. If they start hatching baby's I hope I can sell some. But I still can't wait for baby's ......
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I got a mixed breed lot some rare I got a dorkens I really like her and my red sex link are beautiful I need ten sepperated coops so I can raise different breeds lol
I am to ( addicted) I am excited I do hope they wait till next spring though right now they are 13 weeks so not even laying. Just now starting to look grown up with mature feathers :)
Ive been raising chicken for about 3 yrs so I'm new. I had a hen hatch 8 baby's the very next day the momma was gone and the baby's were hiding here and there :( I was heart broken. So we had to raise them under a heat lamp. The following winter I lost my first flock to coons one at a time. I...