Thank you for being a member of our flock. While we are working diligently during our shipping season, enjoy some news from the coop.
How to Candle Eggs for Hatching or Eating
During incubation, developing eggs are candled after one week to weed out those that are infertile, at two weeks to remove those that have stalled in development, and sometimes again at 19 days, as the eggs are being readied for hatching.
Can a Rooster Lay an Egg?
The earliest documented instance of a “rooster” laying an egg occurred in Basel, Switzerland, in 1474. The “rooster” was sentenced to death for the “unnatural crime of laying an egg.” A similar event took place, again in Switzerland, in 1730.
Feather Loss in Baby Chicks
When a chick reaches the age of three and four weeks, its body feathers grow and fill out. By the end of the fifth week most feathers are in, and the bird starts to look like a miniature chicken.
