Posts by WarrenHound

i am on day 19....i cant candle

so i left for a 5 hour college class yesterday came home and was assured my incubator was fine...because i pretty much passed out after the class came inside a few minutes ago looked at my bator and the 6 year old nephew had apparently...

i cant watch mine to see rocking because its closed but day 17 and i candled them and i see dark areas no swimming stuff and nice sized air cells sooooo HATCH BABIES HATCH i cant see movement but they are marans

i am on day 16 with my maran eggs i have only 2 or 3 that worry me    egg 1 and 2 have a black floating mass  (think its the yolk) i want to remove the family is against it...but isnt it bad??? the rest of the eggs...

there are a couple of ways ... i swear by a play pen inside the main coop so they can see and get use to each other and then when the younger birds are big enough let them out together. another option is to have an older bird accept...

regular handling and offering fun treats .   i was dropper feeding some chicks the other day and another came by to investigate the dropper that was filled with a mix of yogurt and egg yolk  now i have about 20 birds lol...

Quote: Originally Posted by HeartMoss Farm  Cutting the head off completely with SHARP scissors in one stroke over a container is the best, quickest, most humane way to cull baby chicks, IMO. It is not as messy as you...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ben01  Thanks! How do they get angel wing?  they can also get it from tendon damage and sometimes genetics..i have a pomeranian that had her tendons ripped in one wing where her...

Ty  i am hoping they get my Pomeranians pretty blue eyes!

Quote: Originally Posted by Habibs Hens  I reckon the size of pomms but the longer vertebrate and a hump on bill (sorry forgot the name for it) all good i just call it the love knob ;p