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Today is day 21. Hatch started on day 19 I saw 2 chick's. Day 20 I saw 4. Today she has moved off her nest with the 4 and left 3 eggs. At day 8 I had candlesd them and they all looked the same development wise. I didn't touch them after. I put the remaining eggs to my ear and hear nothing. They...

I'm in South Carolina. 1 of my broodies went into the nest yesterday.

I currently have a mixed flock of EEs , RIR and Wellsummer hens. With 2 welsummer roosters . I'm thinking of adding to the flock this summer So I'm chick shopping now. My choices from local feed store are: Buff Orpington blue lace red Wyandotte Black australorp Silver Wyandotte Blue cuckoo...

Currently for 18 chickens i have 2 1 gallon bell waterers. I take them in at night and wash them and fill in the morning. They sit on cement blocks. Except if i have chicks i put one on the ground. Its always worked fine and i like the idea of giving them fresh water every day. However now.i...

11 month old rooster. Yesterday he didnt crow at all. Was just standing around. Hes move to different parts of the chicken yard and just stands there. He looks fine otherwise. Today i saw him poo and it was white and foamy. He seems alert. He looks at me when i approach. He watched a hen chase a...

Well we did it. I let broody#1 out with her 5 ten day old chicks. She showed them all around and everyone got alomg for the most part. She did have a dust up with one other hen but it was resolved quickly. Ru ( our rooster... Yes named after RuPaul 😆) came over and refereed. She took them...

My broody was pacing back and forth in her little run this morning when i let them out. The brooder coop and run is attached to the main coop and the main run is about 4k sq ft. Not covered. It butts against cow pasture. I have chicken wire over the cattle fence on that side. Regular welded wire...

This is my first time hatching! I have a broody sitting on 5 eggs. Its coming up on 21 days soon. She is in her own little coop and run ( within the main run and attached to the big coop). How long do i keep her and the babies separated from the rest of the flock. Any thing i need to know? Ive...

Husband made this this weekend out of pallets and plywood. Have an unplanned broody we are moving in there tonight! What do you all think? The plastic is in case it rains till he can finish the roof with shingles

Its day 6 on the nest and when I went to check on her this afternoon she had moved into one of the nesting boxes. Previously she had been in a corner of the coop with three eggs eggs. Two of the three eggs were buried under the straw the third I couldn't find she's got about five eggs under her...

So a couple days ago i noticed 1 of my hens , a 7 month old welsummer, was on the nest all day. She was there that night. I was worried because the last time i had a hen that wouldn't roost she passed away. ( a couple years ago) but this one seemed fine. So the next day she was on the nest and...

Im sure this has been discussed but i cant find the thread. I have a beautiful welsummer roo. Im considering getting some cream legbar pullets. Will that always result in olive eggers? Like could i sell them ( chicks or hatching eggs) as such? And also.would they be sex linked?

My oldest hen, a 5 year old RIR, had started getting a dirty butt about 2 maybe 3 weeks ago. It was just a small streak of white at first. Looking back i should have rinsed it off then. I thought maybe shed clean it herself but no. It got worse. This morning i finally got out there and got her...

Im kicking out my 4 1/2 week olds. They mostly dont even sleep under their mhp anymore. The last couple nights they been sleeping on their roost. We worked all day to get the chicken coop and yard ready for them. I dont need to put that mhp out there right? I feel like the answer is no...

So in a couple threads on here i read that there are no signs of worms chickens unless its really bad. This is a bit unsettling because ive always been on the look out when cleaning poop boards for signs of worms in my chickens. In 5 years ive never seen any and figured we were good. Ive never...

I have several really pretty easter eggers. They are 4 years old. Im just curious what their coloring says about them. I dont know how to identify colors and patterns properly. I hear words like laced, splash, barred etc. . what would mine be ? And can anything from their coloring identify their...

These chicks are all 11 days old. I got 6 females and this 1 male from my local feed store who stocks from Ideal. They are Welsummer. I heard some breeds the male will feather out slower but i hadnt seen definitively that Welsummer was one of those breeds. So is he a runt? Or is it normal for...

Yesterday everyone was fine. Clean butts all around everyone eating and drinking. I clean their brooder ( change puppy pads) 3x a day . Today i came home to a chick laying by herself and gasping for air. If i move her she chirps and she did like a flip. Her butt looks clean. But her breathing...

So since i just got my chicks today i have so many questions so please bare with me. My day old chicks spent all day running in and out from their mhp now it's night and since its gotten dark theyve been under it and quiet. I have it on high(6) . wont they get too hot? Will they stay under it...

I got 7 welsummer chicks this morning. 1 rooster and 6 hens. They hatched yesterday. They all seem to be doing fine. I showed them their water and food and put them under the MHP and they caught on right away. They eat, drink then nap a bit then repeat. Except i noticed 1 ( i have them marked)...