Posts by A.T. Hagan

Did their heads turn dark in color when they got sick? Droppings a foamy yellow color?

Slight diarrhea? Are you using a medicated chick starter?

Sounds like you candled them. Were you measuring the humidity? Particularly the last three days?

Any idea of what they died of?

Keep soaking it in very warm water until it softens. Be sure to keep the chick warm while you're doing this.

Mow it. Move into livestock slowly after you've done your research and have decided what you want to do.

Highly unlikely your RIR laid two eggs in a day so the other is probably your sex-link egg. But if they are only 14-15 weeks old I'd find it unlikely that either of them laid those eggs. Are you certain of their ages? But there isn't...

Quote:Originally Posted by A.T. Hagan Cogburn.  This is really a title more than a name as the boss bird of the hen yard is always Cogburn.  The last couple of incarnations have been RIRs with a Barred Rock before them. At the...

Powdered milk is an excellent feed. Usually too expensive to use for that purpose but if you just have some that needs to be used up then use it. If you're feeding crumbles or mash there is no need to reconstitute it. Just mix a...

I'd let mama decide when to give it up. It's easy for the timing to get a little off when using a broody.