I don't know of anyone else with chickens so I'd have to buy them. I never considered he may not be very fertile. With our first broody hen, it was just him and 3 hens. With our second hatch he had 6 hens but we had another rooster around at the time.
I can tell which are hers but I don't like the breed of the other hen because they're very flighty. I've been thinking of getting a new breed of chicks but am unsure. I think she would be a sweet mommy though.
I think my 3-year-old RIR, Jack, is broody to my surprise. I went on vacation for a week and when I came back I found her sitting on 8 eggs, 4 of which are hers, 4 belong to another hen she shares her coop with sometimes.
I'm hesitating to let her hatch chicks because a few weeks ago she was...
One of my older hens is struggling to absorb calcium, I think. She was laying shell less eggs even when I was giving her two tablets of calcium with 600mg and 10mcg of Vitamin D per tablet. When I started dosing her with poultry cell she started laying full shell eggs again, so I'm thinking she...
Yeah, that's why I'll cover her with a tarp so she won't be seen at least. I don't know what else to do at this point. She's flighty by nature and freaks out easily.
My hen became broody two to three days ago. I tried kicking her off the nest but she bit me. Their coop is full of shavings right now and I don't have time to clean it and put the dog cage inside. I read that it's better for her to get more light anyway so I put the dog cage on cinder blocks and...
Two days ago, my almost 3-year-old RIR was sitting in the nest for 20 hours. I thought she was egg bound so I gave her two 600mg calcium tablets. I was getting ready to give her an Epsom salt bath but I saw that she got up out of her nest and started walking around, eating and acting normal.
I...
It's been 20 hours and I was getting things ready to give her a bath but when I went to check on her I saw that she got up from her nest and is walking around and eating and seems normal. Her vent is a little dirty though and still no egg. I'll keep an eye on her and continue giving her calcium...
My hen has been in the same spot since I put her to bed last night, so it's been about 15 hours. I think she's struggling with laying an egg. I can see her vent breathing a bit heavy, like she's trying to push an egg out. She's also making a trilling noise.
She did the same thing this time last...