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My momma hen made an attack toward one of my roos as he was innocently walking toward her chicks. 😁. He skedaddled!! The cats give her...

Well, there are many things, I discovered that are not in the Storys Raising Chickens book or on the Backyard Poultry web site. Many...

And this is the end of Grandmas natural hatching season for 2023,,, P.S. Mamma #2 has decided she wan to s to sleep on the roost, 2 of...

8 hens and one rooster got bubble baths today, One clean rooster And 2 new babies

I copied and pasted them from BYC

i see jumping chicks. :)

GOOD Morning Cooper"s Well, I was out in the coop at 5am, and made an air hole at the top of the egg #3--- It was definitely not a go 🤢...

Mr. Cornelius Still nothing-- so this one I am waiting on is egg #3 the egg was laid on the 27th- given to the broody hen on the...

Well I am glad you came on over, I too hang out in my coop [ Grandmas Coop ] on BYC, I have enjoyed the broody hen season, I have had 3...

I do, my other hens are so pushy, they want the broody nest all to themselves, they would step on all the eggs, so, I do, the dog crate...

@TheFatBlueCat tell us, do you separate your broodies from flock during set?

Ooooooh I love chick photos! I've been raising chicks exclusively with broodies for a number of years now. If you have any questions...

So now I wait, today is it’s day 21,, I have read some may take 23 days??? Come on egg #3

Sunday at 3:30, just a little peep hole in egg #1 dated the [ laid the 26th sat on the 27] -- then by 4:30 she was out of the shell...

The first egg hatched, a very small thing,, mamma #3 is doing fine and chick is doing fine,, what a blessing