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Just an update. Our first chick hatched today. I've been getting better at egg candling. initially, my skills were pretty bad. But, I've been thinning out the ones that are really rotten and so far have been successful with it. The "incubator" was a rubbermaid lug with a towel in the bottom...

I wish I could, but THAT broody hen also stole another hen's 10 eggs when she stepped out to eat.

It's been broody hen city over here and as our flock size increases, we're on that learning curve where mistakes are made. Mama hen hatches out 7 chicks, she gets up and it's clear other hens have been laying eggs in her nest. I take 6 and slide them under another broody who's just started...

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Just an update for those who followed this. The rooster pulled through and is now back with his ladies. It took him about a week of being fed and watered with a syringe before he could eat on his own, but once he started feeling better he improved quickly.

He's inside now in a large cage made out of a play yard. I put him inside a few hours ago. He wouldn't eat at all, so I had to open his mouth and feed him. I fed him scrambled eggs and kefir and water with electrolytes. I'm wondering now if his jaw is broken? When he chews, it goes side to...

Very sorry to hear about that. :(

We live in an area where people sometimes don't take personal responsibility for their dogs and our flock was attacked by two dogs this past Thursday. We lost four chickens ( one rooster, three hens ) and one rooster was injured. The rooster is about 9 months old, is a large fowl dark...

We're in NC and today it's 60, but it's a warm front. Average day time temperature here is about 45-50 and night time 25-35. I've had her since Thanksgiving, no eggs. It's possible it's from stress? My neighbor has a hen and maybe he assumed the eggs were all from the other hen, perhaps. Our...

Thanks Frank, I haven't seen any eggs at all, could this just be because it's cold outside? Also, he/she has a beard, but I've read that some hens have them, would you agree?

My neighbor gave me this turkey, along with a Spanish Black Tom. He said this one ( photo attached ) is a Tom and will be two years old in April. A friend stopped by who's raised turkeys before and proclaimed this one a Hen. This is my neighbor's first time raising turkeys and he had 14, one...

I'm looking for a large fowl dark cornish rooster. I have a hen that came from a hatchery and she is not to standard, is smaller. I'm looking for a heavy bodies bird who'll be a good breeder for meat birds. All of our birds are in a coop in the evening and free-range during the day. Please...

Thank You, Cedarknob. This sounds like my hen. She is not heavy, in fact my Production Red is heavier. Her breast look big, but her weight doesn't feel heavy. She hatched out 13 chicks 3 months ago and they're LF dark cornish/Buff Orpington. I was hopeful this would be a good meat bird, but...

I have one hen, told she was LF, I suspected differently, sent the hatchery photos, and they said LF. She's been a good mother, but her eggs are small. I had a bantam cochin and hers are about the same size, slightly longer and thinner. She's been laying since April of this year. Here's a...

Need some advice about my Large Fowl Dark Cornish. Born in 10/11. I suspected they were bantam, but contacted the hatchery with a photo and they said LF and they just grow at a slower rate. She's still smaller than the others, but has proven to be a fantastic mother. Her eggs are small, more...

Well, he's now a pet. He's such a good rooster, he has to stay with us now.

Thank you Ridgerunner! Two of them have deep red, very small combs. The father is a sexlink rooster, but the gentleman I bought him from called the black star roosters, if that helps. He looked a little like a barred rock.

No, they're much smaller than when my leghorns started to lay. But, their mother hardly has a comb or waddle at all. It's like a chicken soap opera. :) Never thought chicken behavior could keep my on my toes like this.

I have three Production Red/Sex Link Cross Pullets who turned 16 weeks this past Monday. Is it too soon for them to be laying? I have two, two year old Production Red hens that don't lay everyday ( maybe one egg from each every two or three days ), but the past couple of days I've seen two eggs...

I think he's older than 18 months, his spurs are pretty decent in size. The gentleman I purchase my eggs from gave him to me, I'll ask him the next time I see him. Possibly just a good old mutt.