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...

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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

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Two hens went broody at the same time and I got some easter eggs from a friend. Hatched today. Buffy has six, Duke has four. I do love my broodies....

We'll I've been waiting all summer for any of my hens to go broody. So finally, 2 have decided to go broody just as the rest of the girls seem to be...

So I set Bianca the 27th June, a Tuesday. Should have hatched Monday or Tuesday. Been checking under her the last few days. Six eggs, nothing...

I have two more hens threatening to go broody. Lord help me!!!! Little is hiding eggs...I found her stash in a spare water fountain on a shelf 6 feet...

Looking for suggestion on feeding and brooding button quail. That aren't due to hatch for 9 days but I want to be ready for them. There are only 2...

So my parents back down in Texas have my birds and decided to let a hen hatch a few eggs. After about day 13 or so I told them to candle the eggs to...

So Bianca had four chicks, all doing well last night, a week or so old. Let the bunch out this morning, and she was dragging something. It was a...

Just a few days til the equinox. Weather has been warm. And the girls are heating up.

I Set Bianca in early Feb, she is strutting about clucking...

Family reunions get tougher and tougher to handle.

So it is Bianca and she wants to have a family. She cant help herself. I cant help myself. 8 eggs. Will see what happens. Doing some math, we will...

I do like my broodies, but not in midwinter. Wife wont let me set them in the basement. She said it was the chickens or her. I haven't given her a...

Hoping to add a few Barred Rocks or similar layers to my coop this spring and since I battled broodiness with my one OEGB all last summer I'd might...

So I set Fondue Remembrance Day. Three weeks, and she is hatching today. Have four so far out of seven eggs set. Will see in the morning what has...

OK, so I said I wasn't going to set anything more this year. But Fondue, my very good brooder was in a family way. Screaming at me on the nest....