I think we have a adopted chick.
Well, i say adopted, but she would have the same dad, just another mom. I thought they were all Dixies because i tried collecting all her eggs, but it’s possible one was Jolenes. I have mixed emotions about this. I’m happy because i like Jolene but it’s a little...
Mom has taught them all how to dustbathe and preen! They are in the coop right now with the others, just separated since she doesn’t want to mix the babies with the others right yet.
So sorry to hear that. My hens rolled eggs out of the nest that were bad or died later on, and it actually took me a long time to find them. If nothing got to her to take it like a predator, i wouldn’t be sad about it, it would probably mean the egg went bad.
Can you check to make sure its not...
Today i cracked a long egg open from my chicken. Each time she lays it gets skinnier and longer, soon i think it’s going to be a pillar. It was so long it busted a hole in the egg carton.
If a chick hatched from that, i can’t even begin to imagine what it would look like.