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I have (3) Blue/Black Ameraucana cockarels that I want to give free to a good home. I bought some beautiful blue eggs from BYC member 'Sebrightmom' and our broody hen hatched and raised them. Now I have 3 young roos who are finding their voices and I can not keep them in the San Diego city...

I purchased Ameraucana eggs from BYC member 'Sebrightmom' and now have 3, eleven week old cockarels I would like to sell for $5 each to any BYC member who can pickup locally in the San Diego area. I had the eggs under my broody hen and three days ago let mom and kids with the rest of the flock...

Just went out to check on Iris and babies, one chick literally jumped into my hand as I opened the back of the nest box and 2 others peeked out from under momma. So far 3 out of 8 hatched. this is Iris's second time broody. Last Summer I put 3 eggs under her, all three developed but only 2 made...

Thank you for the encouragement. This morning my daughter gently felt under the momm and we have at least one egg zipping! By the time I got back from taking her to school there was a little 'fuzzy butt' peeking out from under momma! I scooped out the remains of two shells and who knows how many...

We were beginning to think the eggs we had shipped got damaged. When the box arrived it had a dent in one side as though it had been drop kicked. But this morning my daughter felt under momma and there was a zip. By the time I got home from taking her to school there was a black and yellow...

I'm sorry! I can empathize, I am on day 22 with 8 eggs under my broody hen and as far as I can tell nothing! I'm giving it another day or two then I will put out a frantic call for baby chicks. My hen,Iris, sat 3 weeks before I put eggs under her and I think she deserves to raise some babies...

Sorry, I pressed the wrong key and posted twice!

Today is day 21 since I placed 8 eggs, I purchased from a BYC member, under my broody hen. I am so envious of those who can watch the progress through the window on an incubator. My hen, Iris, has been pretty patient with me when I feel around under her for any signs of eminent hatching but now...

Today is day 21 since I placed 8 eggs I purchased from a BYC member under my broody hen and I am so envious of those who can watch the progress through the window on an incubator. My hen, Iris, has been pretty patient with me when I feel around under her for any signs of eminent hatching but now...

Hi, in my flock of: 2 BO; 2 Australorps; 1 Ameraucana mix; and 1 Gold sex-link, it is one of my Australorps (Iris) that just went broody for the second year in a row. She is sitting on her second set of eggs .She was a great mom the first time around with 2 chicks and now has ( 8) Bl/Bl...

I just received 1/2 dozen, +2, of Heather's beautiful eggs and even though the box looked as though it had been drop-kicked all the eggs were fine. I slipped them under my broody hen that night and she is dutifully sitting on them. Am I assuming correctly that the hatch date will be 21 days from...

A suburb of San Diego here.

Thank you, we got her out of there and back with her chicks. Once she is healed, is there a way to re-introduce her to the other hens that would not be as painful for her or us?

We have a hen whose two chicks are now 8 weeks old. We divided the chicken pen in half and the hen and her chicks have been separated from the other 4 hens since before the eggs hatched. Now the momma, Iris,wants to be back with the other hens, her "friends." when we put her with them, two hens...

Thanks, would I be safe to let them mingle in the pen during the day before 3 mos. assuming the mom would protect them? I live in the suburbs with a neighbor dog that would love chicken for dinner so free-ranging is not an option. They have only chicken wire between them and are used to seeing...