Recent content by Yorkshiregal

I don’t think she will either! Her other kids are already out of the coop and doing big chicken things … I think I’ll move them into the coop in a safe area. Just so the other chickens can get used to them! It’s been a good learning curve.

I put the eggs inside the incubator to hatch. I hatched 6 healthy chicks out of the 8 eggs. I have them in the brooder now. I’m thinking about putting them with her one night this week but it dropped a little cool this week in VA. She’s a great mother hen she might look out for them...

Yes just as I thought! She did go over and sit on them a little while ago. I think I’ve confused her

I gave my broody hen 4, 2 day old chicks last week. She has had chicks before and she seems to be a good mum. I think I’ve messed up though in doing that. Previously she was sat on 12 eggs and the other hens were fighting her to lay eggs and a few eggs were broken so We built her her own area...

Did you ever stop your GD doing this?? I’m pulling my hair out at the moment and not finding many answers to my problem.

So here’s my dilemma. I had two broody hens and two successful eggs hatched under one of them, they are 19 days old today. The other broody hen wasn’t successful at hatching anything but she’s still very broody! I did have extra eggs under her for another week or so but non successful. So I...

Thanks! I do have one who lays strange shaped eggs and I’m wondering if it’s her. I’ve been massaging her crop every few hours. She did throw up some more. I noticed meal worms in it. I gave her coconut oil and honey with water and she has some jogurt I’ll keep her separate...

So I noticed yesterday one of my 3 year old rr was kinda quiet. Standing around and just looking off. She looks perfectly well. So today I noticed the same thing. I picked her up and felt her butt and everything looks good. She’s not egg bound at least, a little white runny poop around...

Don’t worry mine eat the berries the leaves also. My ducks do too. They’ve been alive for a few years now.

Thanks that was very informative! My girls haven’t been laying to well. I put it down to the change in weather but now I’m sure it’s because I added new hens to the gang and the pecking order has changed. My two silkies are usually on the bottom of the pecking order and I always get two...

I tried everything with my rooster because I raised him and he was great with the hens. He just got meaner and meaner to be honest. He attacked me getting eggs from the nesting boxes one day, it was the last straw for me! He got up really high and jumped at me and I never saw it coming. He...

Lol 😂 that was the cutest thing I’ve seen today! He’s gonna be a handful😂

My polish took forever to lay eggs compared to my other mixed hen flock! It was about 11 months. I read not to expect much from polish hens but my girls lay every day. Sometimes I get 3 eggs. I’m not sure if one is laid at night but it’s strange. The eggs are small but the yolks are big. I...

Great information! I’ve often wondered about misshapen eggs and the speckled eggs I sometimes get. Thanks so much!

I have a chicken that has never laid an egg. I’ve never seen her go in a box or cluck or act like she wanted too lay an egg? We got her and her sister last spring. Her sister lays eggs. Tractor Supply said she was a Black Asian ? She’s a big hen and blue black, very pretty .. I was just...