Hatching your own chicks with a broody hen is an adventure that combines the wonders of nature with the charm of traditional farming. My year/old Easter Egger, Peach, decided she wanted a family of ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

Wondering ‘can a chicken raise a duck?’ The answer is yes, though you may need to be patient. If you want to learn how to hatch a duck egg without an incubator, you should consider using a broody hen.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Spring has sprung in the area as baby chicks have hatched from a project in combination with ...

The English saying “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” has been a way of reminding people to wait until the project is complete, the check arrives and the results are in before they act. My ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WTKR) — Inside a chicken run in Virginia Beach, you’ll find Marie McCoy checking nesting boxes to find quite a few treasures. “Did you ever expect this eight years ago when ...