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Thanks for your replies. I went out to check on her again and she had died in the hour since I had checked last. I'm glad she's not suffering any more. She didn't look too comfortable this morning. Circle of life, right?

Hi everyone. Quick question about my Chicken. She has just started laying eggs and has had a hard time with it (usually has a little blood afterwards) figured it's normal at first? Then a few days ago it looked like her insides were sort of out a bit but then my husband saw them sort of go...

Thanks! We're having issues with the hens eating the eggs before we get them each morning, so if we can cut them of that habit then I think we'll see if we can get some hatched in the next few months.

Good Morning! I am in Southwestern NH and we've only had our chickens for about a year. We did a late hatch in August using a hen and only had one chick hatch. My husband and I want to try again this year, but earlier, we're just not sure when it's ok to start letting a hen lay on the eggs in...

All the recipes are sounding really good! We did end up making stew with him, but the leg meat was so tough! Even after over 2 hours boiling!! So we just picked off the white meat and added it to the stock. It was really yummy! Hi Mary Meghan We did end up having to get rid of the rooster...

Mmm! They all sound so good. I think I'll try a nice hearty stew though. Thank You all for your ideas!

Thanks. I saved a recipe for it and will consider it. It seems pretty involved, but yummy.

We have the rooster in the freezer, but I don't know how to cook it up. Would it be the same as regurlar chicken? Is the meat tough? I was thinking of just boiling it up to make stock and then use the meat for a stew, but I don't know if that would be the best way to cook it. Any...

The chick from yesterday didn't survive. When I checked on everyone this morning I saw a lifeless chick laying in the hay. It seems as though Momma Hen pecked away all the shell. I'm trying not to get sad about it because it's just nature doing what it needs to do. But it's hard because...

LOL...You learn something new every day!

When I checked before I put my kids to bed it looks like it didn't survive. There was still a lot of yolky type stuff so I guess something went wrong at the end? I guess I have to get used to that since it's a part of the process.

Just checked again and I think the beak was moving. So I'm just going to wait it out. So hard to be patient :| The one that hatched yesterday it running all over the nesting area and pecking at Momma Hen. It's so cute!!

I checked the eggs with the hen this morning and saw another one was hatching. I peeked in after Church and it was still pecking and making it's way out. I just went out to check progress and it looks like the chicken isn't moving and there's blood on the shell and around the area. Do chicks...

I don't know. I've never noticed them peck at her before. I think I'll have to think of a way to close off her box from everyone else. Of course this all had to happen while my husband is gone!

When our hen went broody and we decided to let her sit on eggs we didn't separate her from the others, she would just sit in the nesting box and they would leave her alone. Her first egg started hatching last night and completely hatched this morning. I took the other hens and rooster out of...