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Hi there, I just candled my second batch of eggs on their 7th day - had 13 of them in the incubator - all turned out to be void of any development. Same happened with my previous batch of 12 eggs, candled at day 10. To give you a bit of a background - I introduced a new 2 year old rooster to my...

Hi there! Due to some troubles with my current incubator (too small for the eggs, hygrometer not showing proper values, and some troubles maintaining constant humidity), I decided to buy a new, better incubator. I intend to use it for the second batch of eggs that I am collecting at the moment...

Hi everyone! So the time for my first incubation is drawing near - I got the last two eggs to collect, one tomorrow and one on Friday and that's when I will set the eggs in the incubator and get the show on the road. :) I am really excited and also nervous, hoping I will get everything right...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a bit of fun with the egg that I collected today - I had a hard time figuring out which part is the pointy part because it all seemed so even. I usually lay the egg on the palm of my hand and look at it from a bit distance and even if the egg is somewhat even...

Hi there, I am completely new to this, first time I am checking whether the yolk is fertilized or not. I've got a rooster recently and I think it is still too soon, but I just wanted to check out of curiosity and maybe see what an unfertilized egg looks like. What I found out though, is that the...

Hi there, I've read a couple of articles about storing fertilized eggs - I have two laying hens whose eggs I want to incubate, so to gather a larger amount of eggs, I will have to wait at least a week before I will collect enough to starting incubating. Which means I will have to store the...

Hi there, I just brought a new rooster to my small flock of hens two days ago and I was wondering, how long does it usually take for the rooster to settle down and start mating with the hens? He's been very slow with his advances and approaches - I see there is some progress of getting closer...

Hi there, I have a flock of 5 hens that have been together for a year and a couple of months. Their pecking order is pretty clear and has been set since they got together. But today, I've noticed quite an interesting behavior from my favorite hen. Just for a bit of background - she's very...

Hi there! One of my ex-battery hens has this swollen bulging spot right behind/below her ear... The skin is poking out of the feathers and creates this small bulge. Thing is, I don't think it was there yesterday, definitely haven't noticed it and I always inspect all my hens up close every day...

Hi everyone! I've read up about hens pecking on eggs and eating them, but I wanted to ask if you potentially have any personal tips and experiences with this problem. I have a hen that probably a few weeks back, maybe more, learned to peck on eggs and eat them. I haven't discovered this until...

Hi there, one of my rescued ex-battery hen started laying eggs after she fully moulted, but the egg has a soft upper part - you can see it in the attached photo. The egg is otherwise firm and the hen is in a great shape - she is one of the strongest and healthiest of the flock. Is it a reason...

Hi everyone! I found the weirdest of droppings (if it is a dropping?) today in the coop - it has the colour, texture and density of a boiled or fried yolk. It's almost rubber like when you squeeze it, but the inside seems to be soft. It doesn't have a tendency to break down at all. Do you know...

Hi everyone! I have this particular problem now - I recently (on Tuesday) added 3 new hens to my existing flock of 3 hens (they were originally 5, but sadly two died recently) of 1 dominant and 2 submissive hens. The new hens, though rescued from commercial cages as the original flock, are in...

Hi there! These two girls are the smallest members of the flock (also most submissive) and they have the tiniest combs and wattles compared to other hens, which are like 2x bigger or more. They are also much more agile, quite often running around erratically, especially when spooked by more...

Hi everyone! There seems to be a new issue that I've noticed yesterday and confirmed today with one of the hens I rescued: I can hear her breathing, not like gasping for air, but it's definitely heavier sounding as if she just ate a lot of dry feed but haven't drank any water yet. As soon as she...

Hi everyone! I rescued 5 hens from an industrial poultry house about 3 weeks ago. They later evolved into 3 submissive hens and 2 dominant alpha females, which seemed like a nicely balanced hierarchy. Sadly, 2 of them died recently - one dominant alpha and the other submissive one. The current...

Hi everyone! You might have followed some of my previous threads - I rescued 5 chickens from an industrial poultry house - it's been more than 2 weeks now and they are making a wonderful recovery. Since yesterday, however, one of the hens is not coming out of the coop. She is the second most...

I recently rescued hens from industrial poultry house and they were kept in cages there, so they lost almost all of their feathers - some were totally naked. Now the temperatures rapidly dropped over the weekend and it's rainy on top of it. I found one of the hens lying on the ground, eyes...

Hi everyone! I recently rescued 5 hens from an industrial poultry house and the conditions there were so bad they miss most of their feathers. They are recovering swiftly, however, the weather is getting colder here in central Europe, with autumn approaching - temperatures at night are about to...

Hi everyone! I want to adopt chickens from an industrial poultry house - they are selling chickens right now. As it's the worst type of the house - where they keep the hens in tiny cages all the time - they can be in such a state where they might miss most if not almost all the feathers. The...