Blackberry my broodie just hatched two happy, healthy, silkie chicks! I came to gather eggs at 6:45 pm, to make some muffins with my mom 🥰 I came over and saw a raccoon, I counted all my chickens, and luckily everyone was there 😅 I went into the coop and found one egg. We needed two. My mom told...
It’s day 23 for my eggs under Blackberry ( broodie ). Yesterday morning I went to let my chickens out, everyone ( except Blackberry ) came out as usual. I scoped up three cups of pellets for 11 chickens outside, then I scooped a small bit of stage two chick food out for Blackberry ( I usually...
Everyone who lasts a year HAS to have made a post about Australorp genders. With many spelling mistakes 🫣😂 I still have the link https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-gender-are-our-chicks.1582528/
This happened where my hens were only laying soft shelled eggs. However, this was very early in my poultry career. In my case, my chickens were only eating scratch (Corn,seeds,etc.), and it just wasn’t giving them enough calcium. We switched to feeding them laying pellets, and we havn’t had a...
Then I bet it’s just dirt/debris from dust bathing. I would check back in the next few days, just to make sure it isn’t, do want to catch it as soon as possible.