Posts by jrleader99

Well thanks for your help - she has just passed.  It was very quick.

Well she has just passed that quickly.  Thanks for your feedback and help.

Definitely the belly.  Vent is working fine - trust me my wife has found that out since she is holding her.

Hey - we just incubated our first hatch of chicks and one chick is very lethargic and has a black spot on her belly.Any ideas?  Here are a couple of pics:All of the other chicks are happy, eating, driking and chirping - this one...

Hey - so we incubated our first chicks and have one that has is lethargic and has a black spot or lump on her belly somewhere around where I would assume her belly button would be.  She was hatched Saturday.  Any ideas? ...

We used to allow ours to free range during the day but they were pulling all of the mulch from our flower beds (as chickens do while looking for bugs) and were not very friendly with our vegetable garden.  Also they ventured out of...

the desert

I have not tried this but I would think that you would be able to tell in a very similar way that you can tell if an egg is hard boiled.  Lay it on its side on a flat surface and try to spin it like a top.  If it spins then it...

I am also thinking Minorca.  Where did you get him from?  The reason I ask is because I got two of the same from Meyers in a Rainbow Pullet mix back in June.

I also have a cross beaked EE hen that I have had for quite a while.  I was told to make sure that the crumbles are at least 1 inch deep so that she could get some food.  I don't feed her from any special feeder either. ...