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Omg, I Love, Love, Love that precious, adorable Duckling! Would love to see a separate post of this sweetie, photos as he/she grows. ❤️ Have you thought of names for the baby yet? (😆 I know...I'm bird-nuts)

Right. I'm just proposing that mama hen's body knows winter is approaching & will naturally create more female eggs. It's all theory, I know. I am by no means any kind of expert at all, I still learn every day of my life, but observations are very interesting. We can attempt to manipulate...

I've heard people say yes & no to the temperature theory. It may be that temperature affects what gender egg the Mama hen produces, not necessarily changing gender After egg is laid, but rather as the egg is created inside Mama. There is a member on this site, I recall saying had decades of...

Precious, my heart melts, what a sweetheart

Oh my...if they get frizzles my willpower is gone honey! Frizzle baby chicks? Can there be anything more adorable? 😍

9 Roos are sweet, the 10th had quite the ornery side in his youth...still I love them ALL dearly ❤️ The peeping I hear at the Tractor Supply tugs at my heartstrings as well. Yup, I could easily become overwhelmed with MORE BIRDS! 🤣 A prediction....more coops can be seen in the future...more...

The only problem with that is getting attached to the chicks...I can't part with any of my sweeties, that's why I have 10 Roos 😆

Interesting topic! We humans don't know everything that occurs in nature...Still have a lot to learn. I've seen writings both pro & con on these subjects. https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2016/04/the-secret-to-hatching-hens-not-roosters.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1629050/...

Oh yeah, forgot to add...there are places in your house that will assume new functionality, or have dual functionality. Here is my favorite area now, the new "brooder room/baby pen/recovery bay". It is a garden tub, in a bathroom, which for any other purpose besides being solely dedicated to my...

It doesn't stop at hatching & brooding. Once they're grown adults, in the coop, you'll be glued to weather apps, always checking rain, wind direction, time of sunrise & sunset, tracking storms, etc. When you get home from work, before you even do anything else, you'll check on your flock. You'll...