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These eggs are 3 and 4 days old, left on the counter, temp in kitchen is about 80º or more. The bullseye is very prominent, I have decided to make room in the fridge for subsequent eggs...or am I being overly concerned?

I always check the date on bags of feed before buying. Many companies just print it as you or I would, and it’s easy to read. But Purina is different. They used to use a one digit year followed by the abbreviation for the month, then numerical day. But yesterday I got to the store and saw...

What do you do with all your zucchini? Not long ago, I proudly shared pics of our first zucchini. Now we have so many, it is overwhelming. If they get too big, I give them to the chickens, but even they are tiring of zucchini! Here's a dish I have made several times which uses a lot...

I have 14 chicks hatched in May, half in my incubator, and half by a broody. 10 of them are a cross between Spitzhauben and Sebright, which I've abbreviated to Spright. I love both breeds and have looked forward to creating this blend. The Spright boys have developed fast, with prominent...

I have 3 leghorn hens and it's very hard to tell them apart. But yesterday I realized that one's comb goes to the left, one to the right, and one is kind of upright, tho left leaning. I don't know if this is a permanent lean, or if they flop side to side, but I am thinking it's one or the...

How many of her own eggs can a little Sebright hen cover? Is there a rule of thumb? My Sebright Moonshine is my only reliable broody. She has started each April, so I am saving up eggs for her. Last year she hatched 4 Spitzhauben eggs, covering them easily. I only have 1 pair of...

This hen avoids the cockerel and I've never seen them mate, but this is more than a white dot on the yolk. Pic taken the day it was laid. Fertile?

I got a single bantam chick from assortment at farm store, (to be a buddy for an orphan Spitzhauben I hatched last week from late hatching egg that hen abandoned. Sadly hen would not accept her baby, wanted to kill it. So poor little orphan was alone, crying in a brooder.) Anyway, this...

What have you observed about chicken body language? I’m only just beginning to realize that certain everyday behaviors, some quite subtle, are actually part of chicken speak. I am wondering about wing flapping. I have 2 cockerels, 4 mo old, and #2, who is always subservient to #1, never...

Location, Lamar, Missouri. 3 months old. Taking him to Joplin Poultry Swap to sell on Saturday....but if any BYC peeps within meeting distance are interested, you can have him for free...I have 3 out of 5 Spitzhaubens are boys, may have a 2nd to offer as well.

My 1 yr old Sebright has been showing all the signs of being broody. Stays in nest, and if removed, she runs around all puffed up, tail spread like a turkey, constantly chirping her warning at everyone. She did this last fall and I let her hatch eggs. But she wasn't a good mom and I'm not...

Is grit constantly being worn out and passed thru? And thus need constant replenishing?

I posted this info on another thread and someone suggested I repost here. I also wrote to Purina , via their website. My chickens have loved Purina flock raiser crumbles for years. I have bragged about it to everyone, how they never waste any, how they eat every crumble. However, the most...

I just opened a new bag of Purina Flock Raiser and it is different looking from what I have been feeding for 3 years. The color is darker. Date on bag is Feb 6, so it's barely over a month old. And my chickens and chicks are not loving it as they have loved previous batches. This is what I...

Anyone have info on the title question? Our cat had been sneezing a lot all weekend and yesterday she laid on top of chick brooder as she has liked to do in past years. I heard one big sneeze and I quickly removed her and fixed it so she can't get up there anymore. We have been giving her...

The pictures tell the story. Both wings are like this. The other chicks same breed, have 'normal' looking wings. Are they just long feathers? Is it something like angel wing in ducks? Is it an issue? Chicks are about a week old.

Last year I read that exposing chicks to soil early on will help them build up immunity to cocci. So I plan to implement it this year. Actually next week is when I am going to get some chicks. I am asking those who are experienced with this, what soil should I use? From the chicken run...

Rocket, my BR hen just coming out of a heavy molt, laid an egg today, on this shortest day of the year! It's actually her second since molting, there was one 2 days ago. I had really been assuming I'd have to wait till spring. Maybe the others will follow suit....

Carl is a 6 mo bantam cochin cockerel, and yesterday was his first introduction to the 8 girls. They are 2 hens, a BR and an SS (1 1/2 yrs) , and 6 pullets,( 7 mo, ) four of the pullets are leghorns, one a Sebright, and one a D'Uccle. All but the D'Uccle have started laying, but the Sebright...

This is 18 month old SS Speckles. She has been regularly laying 5 eggs a week since she started. I have noticed recently that her neck feathers have become very white in contrast to previously. Was this a gradual molt? Yes, she has lost some feathers over the past month, and had a...