Egg and Chicken Questions
Common questions and answers about chickens and eggs
- I have a small incubator, what is the range for Humidity?
- What breeds/varieties make the best pets for kids?
- What birds should only be bought for butchering?
- What is the difference between cockerel, cock, stag, pullet, hen and straight run?
- What is meant by Class
- Chicken hatching eggs through the mail
- How many hens do I need to keep my family with eggs?
- How to keep them from flying away?
- When will the chicken breed I want be back in stock?
- How do I know if my pullets are ready to lay?
- What breeds are good for what climates?
- What is molting?
- Why would my eggshell tint lighten?
- I have several hens that are not laying and are broody wanting to stay on the nest?
- I want to purchase breeds/varieties that the hens will be good setters and mothers for raising their chicks or eggs placed under them, which are the best?
- What breeds are good egg layers year-round?
- Will hens lay without a rooster with them?
- My hens are not laying yet, why is this?
- Egg Production