Phoebe went broody a few days ago, so I put some more eggs under her, and she seems to be ok. She doesn't want to eat, and I have to dip her beak in fresh...
Phoebe should leave the nest each day for about 15-20 minutes to eat, drink (and defecate). This is normal. Just make sure that she has food and water...
I did find an online guide for you, as well: http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chicks.html I've only had time to skim through it, but it looks very...
I haven't written here in quite awhile, but I would like to inform everyone that a hen eventually did set and hatch a clutch of chicks! You can read about it...
Thank you for the helpful posts and links! I came home this afternoon (gone about 2.5 hrs), and Phoebe was gone! I FREAKED out! ....especially, since there was...
Broody poop indoors! PE-EW!! Fortunately, all our housechickens weren't broody when they were inside. I did have a Dominique hen named Reba who had a diaper on...
Sounds to me as though poor Phoebe went to take her daily constitutional and got lost! LOL! Even though they cooled, there is still a small chance that the...
Deborah: I would not give up on the eggs because they got chilled, it may just delay the hatch date a bit. However, the deal breaker may be in the broken egg...
Well, today my husband went out to bring all the girls their midday snack of bean sprouts. He visited Queenie in her tractor first. Opened the door to the run...
... Have you tried peaches? I gave my chickens a peach, and they almost took my hand with it! Apparently, it is their favorite so far. Phoebe is getting...
... We don't eat a lot of peaches, so we don't usually have them in the house. I'm just too fussy - like my peaches perfectly ripe, and that's hard to find...
I'm not sure we'll be having any chicks. I came home yesterday, and Phoebe was laying on one side of the pen, and the eggs on the other. There was also one...
Did you know that chickens like their feet washed? Firecracker got some stuff stuck on his feet, so I set him in the kitchen sink, and used the sprayer to wash...
I don't think it got posted here yet, but the Charlotte Observer did a story about a rooster that visits residents of a local nursing home. There are two...
Hello all- any help would be appreciated. Monday, I had a Dominique hen die. She seemed healthy until Sunday night when I put her on the roost. I then noticed...
Shana,  Sounds like some type of acute respiratory infection which will be highly contagious, Newcastle Bronchitis or some other possibly. Terramycin ASAP...
Shana, I am very sorry for your loss, and this horrible trial you and your family are going through. All of you are in my prayers. Can you get them out of that...
Thanks for your prayers. I don't have another yard, but I plan on disinfecting the house. Someone mentioned it sounded like Mycoplasma too. I'm going to inject...
... If she continues wheezing today I'll take her to the vet. The problem is, my vets are as clueless as I am about chickens. ... I had the same problem. I...
At least one of the eggs started cheeping early this morning! There are 6 left, but she was only setting on 3 when I got home. The other 3 looked dirty, so I'm...
It's good that someone figured out that breeds (and species) will become extinct (or nearly so) if there is no commercial use for these creatures other than as...
... Deborah- I'm so happy for you! Please let us know how the hatch comes out. I decided to hatch Russian Orloffs this year, and have 2 6-week-olds and 11...
I woke up this morning to find the light out on my brooder that contains 7 two day old Bantam Dominiques. The poor little guys were all huddled and cold. I...
... Congrats, Deborah! Just goes to show what a determined Dominique hen can do! LOL! (Have I mentioned that Queenie has been broody for about 5 or 6 weeks ...
Dear Lily: Sorry to hear you're all having a tough year, medically. I know how that can be. Hope all is going better now. Isn't Brinsea great to deal with? I...
Brian, My two young Dominiques have been laying each day for a few weeks, and now with four days before our county fair, I am getting nothing, one is broody, I...
I've read that one sure-fire way to stop broodiness is to put the hen in a cage, so that she has cooler air hitting her bum. Does anyone know if this works?...
I let Phoebe go broody, because she is in a cage in the house already. I collect eggs a few times/day, and if I get that dirty hen look from them for it, I...
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