eggs

I need some help with this, any tips?

New member. Husband is raising 9 Rhode Island reds in Southwest US. Hot summer cool winters. Our hens came to us as chicks in May. Laying 8 a day on average at 24 weeks. Overall it’s been a great experience!

I had two hens who went broody 5 days before my incubator eggs were due to hatch so I put half the eggs under each of them and the hatched. But one of the broody hens pushed away the chicks and continued sitting on the eggs that did not hatch and would peck the babies. I figured maybe she wasn’t...

I’ve seen a variety of nest box styles while perusing chicken coop ideas for my future coop build. I’ve seen several where the nest boxes are inside the coop (either externally or internally), and some where the nest boxes are outside the coop (appears to be for more free ranging plans)...

Hi everyone, I have possibly over 16 eggs total. Four are on the incubator and the rest are under my frizzle twins. Contact me and we can discuss the price for shipping and everything. I am based in Miami, Florida. This is the mother: And the father:

My silver appleyards have just started laying and one of them, Vidia, is odd. The day before she laid her first egg we noticed her butt was “heavy” (that’s what we call it - you can see their butt looks a little heavier, and since these guys have a bulldog stance it’s very noticeable). During...

I am getting to know my way around my waterfowls and I think I'm ready to expand beyond ducks. I'm looking for newborn goslings or fertile goose eggs in my region. Any aid towards finding where to get the eggs is appreciated!

Hello all! I have a flock of 2 buff polish, 1 white crested black polish, 1 sussex, 1 splash silkie, and 3 Easter eggers. All except the silkie were hatched April 1, so they’re approaching 6 months old. About a month and a half ago, the Easter eggers started laying. I got a super jumbo egg...

My girls are 18 weeks old today and I am wondering what I need to do to get them ready to lay eggs. This may not be a fruitful endeavor at this point as it is almost October in New England but I’m wondering what to do with the nest boxes which up until now I have them closed off. What do I need...

Hey y'all! 👋🏻 I have a very weird question. The other day I observed a strong smell as I was collecting eggs. Usually my dogs are with me (typically I blame them), but this morning they weren't. I smelled the strong smell of wet dog. Upon further investigation.. it was my duck eggs! I know...

Wife to husband: “did you check in the corner under the boxes behind that little wooden platform?” What husband heard: “did you check EVERYWHERE BUT in the corner under the boxes behind that little wooden platform?” His answer was yes, but clearly it should have been no! Bahaha!

So my eggs are about 11 days old I think. This is my first time, and I'm afraid am doing it wrong. It come to my attention from a Facebook group that I should be concerned about the air pocket in these eggs. I'm supposed to have a pointy side down. So I took what I have and put them back into...

We have a few girls coming into lay right now. I’m expecting our olive egger and our CCL to lay within the next 3-6 weeks. I checked both girls to see the width of their pelvic bones and the CCL, even though she is a month younger seems to have spread further apart… 2.5 fingers versus the 1.5...

Hello! I have 1 female that just turned 18 weeks old. I got 3 more females about a month ago and was told they were a year old and the two runners were supposed to be laying, but they haven’t. Could it be due to stress from the transition or cooler weather?

Hi, we have several pea fowls in the neighborhood and one is nesting in our backyard. There are 5 eggs, three have hatched and the hen is walking around the yard with the chicks. My question is will she continue to nest on the remaining two eggs at night. We have small dogs but I am keeping them...

Has anyone on here tried waterglassing in general? If so what were your results? I prepared two half gallon jars of eggs but have no idea if successful until I wait and try them. I used the huge pickle jars, made sure they were clean then did 1 ounce of pickling lime to 1 quart of water. I was...

My eggs will be arriving soon. My question to you, is what are the top three things you wished you had from the start?

What chicken breed laid this egg? These are my chickens [hens only] breeds: • 1 Rhode Island Red • 1 Rhode Island Red-McLean Hatch cross breed • 1 Ginger Broiler • 2 Phill Marsh Butchers • 3 Silkies

I have 2 call ducks one male and the other female (they are both 3 years old) The two of them have just started to mate (it's the end of winter) Daisy, the female duck has laid 5 eggs so far, and she won't sit on them during the day, only when I put her in the coop at night.