Update on this situation. I have 4 hens that are “sharing” 8 chicks, one hen that has 6 chicks( she only hatched 4, so she stole 2 from the sister wives), and lastly I have 1 hen that was sitting on two eggs, but I just had the last rescue hatch so I moved her, gave her the chick, and put the...
I have this incubator and I have only seen the egg turner turn once for about 20 seconds. I heard a tick and it stopped turning. I have not seen it turn since then. I cannot figure out what is wrong with it. Does anyone have any experience with this incubator?
I like the thought of the hens having their own babies and I can give away chickens when I have to many, but what should I do right now about all 6 of these hens. I do have a separate area in my barn that I can put the. Should I put all of them in there?
I have a chaotic mess going on right now! I guess that I will start from the beginning: We had three hens and a silky rooster. The hens are black Orpington and. My daughters decided that we should incubate eggs. So we collected about 30 eggs and Incubated them. About 23 of those hatched. During...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We have had chickens for over 10 years but recently we have very broody hens, which has never happened before.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 14 chickens. 4 roosters and 10 hens.
(3) What breeds do you have...