Posts by Chookydeb

Quote: Originally Posted by TweeTea    Did you find a broody hen replacement?  no, i tried incubating them myself but when i candled them at a week there was no development   on a...

thanks

just went to check on her and she's dead :(   i still cant see whatever  was wrong, just some ruffled feathers

i'm new to chickens, i've never had one sick (injured yes)   this girl has suddenly gone all sad and mopey, her comb is dull and not standing up like the others, she's not leaving the coop at all, just standing in one corner...

i needed an emergency incubator so i've come up with a quick solution   i stood a styrofoam vegetable box on its end like a cupboard, put a heat lamp in about 15cm from the bottom, put in the eggs with a couple of trays of...

thanks for the help guys, i really appreciate that i have somewhere i can ask questions   she seems fine now, she was a bit sore and sorry for a couple of days and stayed in the coop but now she's back to normal and the wound...

i've just built one too, my broody hen decided she wasnt ready to be a mother   styrofoam box, red heat lamp that says if if 15cm from the eggs its at about 100F, two small glasses of water and a big dose of luck  

Quote: Originally Posted by satay  You could try putting an add on farmstock too if you can't find anyone on this thread. how long will the eggs last with nobody sitting on them - they were laid on thursday or...

is there anybody in the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie NSW area the could incubate some eggs for me?   my broody hen changed her mind and decided to be a lousy mother

ok, i'll quit stressing, what will be will be i guess - she's tucked up in a corner of the coop and she seems alert but she's not eating, i'll just leave her in peace