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Do they look like they passed the float test?

I checked. The eggs are completely whole with no cracks.

Also this is my very first time with egg hatching.

Hi everyone. I have 2 chickens sitting on eggs. Marked eggs June 23rd 2022. On July 13 first 2 eggs hatched (tan eggs), 3 blue/greenish eggs are still not hatched. When candling them they look formed and alive. I did the float test and to me they seem to past the test. The float where air bubble...

For now I blocked all entrances that I could think of with bricks. Also added used cat litter under the coopand sealed it up with bricks. As mentioned above.

Where it can "get into" from the top is how I open the cage area to put food and water for the chicks and mama's. I close the coop at night. I have plastic around the coop where chicken wire is. I hope this helps. 🙏

We also have lots of homes with chicken coops and most of them are in sheds with obviously rat problems. So I want to try to best protect my coop from invaders even after I "get rid" of mine. Any suggestions? Rat aversion such as cat hair or peppermint, vinegar and/or etc. Work?

May I ask how you got rid of yours?

Correction.. two* broody chickens

Hi everyone! I have to broody chickens. A total of 5 fertilized eggs. 1 chick has hatched! Yay! This is our first time and a first for our chickens :) I am super excited and worried. I have seen that we have a rat living under our chicken coop. I want to protect our children at night and...

Update!!! Our chicken with the prolapse gave her first egg after healing! She is doing great! Her eggs are usually a little pinkish, her first egg after prolapse is a little pale, but its hers.

Thank you everyone! Will do it all. Let you know what happens :)

I will keep her inside for now. It's still very cold here. It's about -2/+5C during the day. What if she prolapses again after first egg? How long will I wait for the first egg? Few weeks? I understand shes healing and I dont want to rush her.

A few eggs can be in a few weeks. :( she already seems so bored to be alone :(

Yes!!!! The scab came off today and the prolapse went in all by itself! How long should I wait to put her in the coop with the others?

Thank you everyone! Will see how things progress:) will take pictures tomorrow or day after If things change.

Ok, great! That's what I'm taking about. I guess the black dead tissue that's scabbed over is the opening where the egg usually exits. She keeps picking it..m is that ok? Not sure how to stop her.

In the blue circles is where two openings are. The black area had an opening and is still pretty meaty and from the opening there is some fluid dripping. the other circle in blue where it is red that's the hole where poop and fluids come out. Just a little FYI and a little to much info in the...

Tried to draw what I mean... Not sure if it makes sense. From what I think it's like the cloaca came out with part of vagina and the red part is the hole for small intestine. Because where its black it also has a hole like thats rhe part that comes out and opens to let out the egg.