Recent content by ChirpTJ

ok she seems to be mostly over it. thanks again to everyone here for your help! my broody hen has gotten the message haha

No the eggs are definitely not fertile. She seems to have given up but that's interesting that she'll definitely do it again. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom @Shadrach . What a relief!

Thanks so much for the insights guys. I really appreciate it. I was so worried at first. She's responding, i think.

3 for me

I know birds have beaks and bills instead of teeth but I saw a photo of a duckbill and those sure look like teeth to me! Anyone here even been bitten by a duck? Sure looks like it would hurt. If they aren't teeth, what are they? What purpose do they serve?

Wait is it possum or opossum? you know what I mean. The neighbor has brought it to my attention that he spotted a couple of opossums out by the road the other morning. I think it was because it was trash collection day but now I'm freaked out that they could be coming for my hens. Do you guys...

I'm new here and pretty new to chickens but I think one of my hens is brooding. She doesn't want to leave the coop. She's keeping the others out of the laying box. Is she ok? What can I do to help her? Is there a nice way of breaking her out of it or do I just have to wait it out and see what...