But Blackbeard has her own ideas. She disappeared a few days ago so I assumed that damn fox got her. She showed up Saturday morning, all fluffed up,...

I have 7 silkie hens and 4 have been brooding almost all summer and 2 are too young to lay so that equals less than an egg a day. Any advice on what...

So with the mailed eggs from WWW, I thought I had it figured out fairly well who was what at two months. Then La-chicken came to visit and cast doubt...

We're going to try something different when adding my 5 week old chicks to the flock.
First of all, we are going to put them in one half of the...

So, I have a bunch of broody girls including 2 Swedish Flower Hens..not to mention 1 Silkie, and 1 Smooth Coated Silkie...I have a lot of broodiness...

Well she has done a stellar job with all 9 hatched. Nice fast hatch too. She already has them outside.
kathleen 2nd batch.jpg
Kathleen 2nd batch...

I really need to get the new/bigger coop set up properly! Eeek!

Peach is sitting on 9 eggs that should hatch this week. I moved her and her eggs...

Along some of my fence is a dense, thick growth of nettles and thistles. I leave it be, because it provides an additional barrier for the boar when...

Now what do I do? Lol. The only 2 nestboxes are occupied! Peach's babies will hatch mid next week and Speckles has decided she needs some too!

This little hen Sat on eleven eggs and since they seemed fertile I left them all, she hatched out eleven chicks! I think that is the most I ever let...

This morning, I found one of our Frey's SDP hens in a nesting box, with no other hens in the adjacent ones.
Thinking she is the broody one, I closed...

I gave Peach 8 eggs and I swear I marked them all...I swear I did!! :doh: However this morning I had opportunity to check them when she got off the...

So Peach, the only pullet from my broody hatch last August, has been sitting/sleeping in the nesting box (but no poops in it) for the last few nights...

Well Kim decided yesterday afternoon to introduce her lone baby to the others. I was worried about it because she had been so protective she didn't...

Just picked up these blue Ameraucana chicks. They are supposed to be 5-6 weeks old. 3 Are small, one medium size and ine huge one! I've made them a...

My most recent hatch has not gone well. One popped out on Wednesday night - 2 days early. One pipped Wednesday night. One pipped Thursday morning....

I give up fighting with the broody hen, I let her keep Tuesday's eggs, I put little happy faces on the eggs in case someone sneaks a new egg in. I...

Hi All!

I'm wondering what everyone does about water for chicks. I've heard that people recommend using some electrolytes and/or probiotics in their...

2ECAEA4B-C219-48BC-BCF7-CC327656AE65.jpeg

Stella has been sitting for a while now. She lets her sisters in to lay their eggs and then claims them....

This is something I've always wondered about. I know certain breeds are broodier than others. Ive got two of the probably top 5 lol! I've witnessed...

Fondue, my reliable broody is hatching. She is a dedicated mom, raises three broods a year. She is named Fondue because she was like another hen we...

Days are getting longer. Will soon have a broody hen clucking at me and biting me and wont get off the next. I am going to try to not set anything...

1 out, 4 to go

FullSizeRender-5.jpg