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I weighed my pita pintas eggs before setting them 11 days ago. They were in shipping for 5 days so I am not sure how accurate my numbers will be as they must have lost some weight before they got to me. I am trying to figure out if my humidity levels are on track based on the percentage of...

I was checking the eggs this morning while making breakfast and wanted to confirm my findings. Egg 1 - fertile Egg 2- fertile Egg 3- fertile Egg 4- not fertile

My Dominique cockerel joined in the egg song today and I was wondering if this is a common behavior? I thought it was nice of him to cheer his hens on lol 😂

I have a group of 13, 4 month old pullets that are just beginning to lay. I was wondering how long to wait before attempting to incubate any of their eggs?

My two cockerels recently began crowing and I have been keeping track of when and for how long they crow. They don't crow at dawn, but wait until between 8:30-9:00 am and they will go back and forth for about 15 crows total. Then they will crow again around midday 10-15 crows and again late...

I ended up with two cockerels in the batch of chicks I have been raising. They are both about 4 months old now. The Dominique is the dominate one and he has just begun crowing in the past week. Both of them are calm around me thus far but the EE has been frisky with the pullets to the point of...

Just sharing a few photos of my girls:

I got my RIR chicks from Meyer's so I know they are productions reds. I think they are beautiful and my hens have really big combs and wattles. Take a look.... Do you think they are large for hens?

This handsome guy is 13 weeks old and I purchased him as a pullet from Meyers hatchery back on May 7th of this year. He seems to be very good natured and has not yet shown any signs of aggression. I am just looking to find a home for him before he starts to crow and my neighbors complain. I am...

I am not super confident about these three and would love some help. These chicks will be 6 weeks old on Monday and were purchased from Meyer's Hatchery. CW # 1- I think this is a pullet CW # 2- Not sure about this one. It is the smallest and is still growing feathers, but is the same...

I think I have the sexes right, but I would like some confirmation from those with more experience than I. All of my chicks came from Meyer's so they are hatchery stock. All of these chicks will be 6 weeks old on Monday. RIR # 1 - I think this is definitely a cockerel do to the comb and...

I have a couple of very small Columbian Wyandotte chicks. They will be 4 weeks old tomorrow as will all of my other chicks purchased at the same time. These smaller chicks behave just like the bigger ones and seem perfectly healthy in every way other then size. Will they catch up eventually or...

My chicks will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and some of them are already getting some air when they flap their wings. I decided it was time for them to move out of their watermellon box brooder and gave them the entire coop floor as a brooder. I let them play outside in the run for the first time...

Currently my run just has dirt with a little grass and weeds, it has roof so even when it rains it does not get very wet. Should I just leave it as is or would it be better to put some pea gravel or sand down? Any advantages or disadvantages to just leaving it as is? Thanks.

I have been excited to finally have a small flock of chickens again. I have fond memories of the chickens my parents had on their small farm growing up. Then I started reading all I could get my hands on because I wanted to make sure I was well informed and to see if what I remember is...

My dh still needs to add a door, nest boxes, and perches for when the chicks grow up, but I think this will be a great space for them. This was originally designed as an aviary and has most recently been used for storing some of my DH's stuff. The coop is 8x8 and the run/pen is 24' x 12'. I have...

I just put my brooder together today ( I got a watermelon box from Walmart) I put pine shavings in the bottom. Is this what is best? Do I need paper towel or anything else? I am running a 250w heat lamp and I am testing the temp to see how hot it gets. Since I have the brooder out in the coop I...

I am getting 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Pymouth Rock chicks mailed this coming week. I have a nice coop and a large outdoor pen already for them. I have electric in the coop so since it is May and not very cold at night here in Delaware I was wondering if I could just keep them in the coop from...