https://weartv.com/features/pay-it-forward/local-teacher-stimulates-education-through-living-organisms
I hope the video plays for those interested in watching it. I enjoyed doing this project with my students a great deal. They loved it!
I set 15 eggs a few weeks ago. I noticed on day 19 that 7 of them had pipped. To date, day 20, 11 of the 15 have hatched and 2 more look like they might. All the chicks seem healthy and happy. I have 9 in the brooder and 2 that recently hatched are still in the incubator.
The first time...
When I went out to feed the chickens this morning before work, I found that our feral cat had a litter of kittens in the nesting box. The persistent broody that I have is convinced that she hatched the kittens! So far, both momma cat and momma chicken seem to be getting along very well! The...
I have several hens and I sell the eggs that they lay. Well, I noticed a drop in egg production, so I figured they had a nest somewhere. Sure enough, I found one under the azalea bushes in the front yard. I went out the next day to clean it out so I'd know how fresh any other eggs that were...
Sometime last summer, I had a RIR hen that was a renegade and decided she did not want to sleep in the coop with the others. She would go roost in the Azalea bushes out front, then join the flock during the day. Well, one Saturday afternoon, my parents came to visit and stayed until around...
I am not new to Backyard Chickens, but I finally joined. I live in Molino, FL and I have 2 Americaunas (one hen, one rooster), two Rhode Island Reds, three Buff Orphingtons and one Black Sex Link. They co-exist peacefully most of the time, but I honestly think the hens could do without the...