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Just finished our third annual hatch in our high school animal science program. Upon doing an "eggtopsy" on the ones which didn't make it , one third of the eighteen eggs set in the incubator had chicks which died in the last few days before hatch because of mal-position. They all had their...

For the past two years, we have incubated eggs in my high school animal science program. The first year we ordered from My Pet Chickens and had three hatch out of twelve. The other eggs did not develop at all. What I liked was that the eggs were clearly labeled so we knew the breeds. The next...

My animal science students want to know the if they have the correct genders of the 9 week old chickens they incubated. I have my ideas, but am not totally sure. I can take better pictures this week. I am building a new, larger coop at home for them. (Well they have to go somewhere. ) There are...

I've only been getting two eggs a day from the three older (18 months) hens. This morning I saw one of the old hens flapping her wings and making something like a cross between a cackle and a crow. She is definitely a hen, so I don't know what to make of this. I am assuming she's the one who...

Have three chickens 19 weeks old. A few days ago introduced 3- 18 month old hens. Now the younger chickens spend all day in the coop and won't come down to the pen. At first I thought it was the rain, as they usually stay inside when it rains, but today is a beautiful day, and they are still up...

Our 12 week old Rhode Island Red started crowing today and we are not allowed to keep roos in the city. Will rehome to any nearby rooster friendly area.