Had a fox attack last night when I forgot to lock up the birds about 3 hours after dark. Heard a rawkus and ran out to find my two hens cowering near my house door and a pile of white rooster feathers next to the coop! Thought it had...
My oldest hen, about 2 years old has developed very thickly and unevenly scaly feet. They have uneven big scaly ridges which look like they would peel off if you tried, (but they are actually pretty stiff). The feet are dry, pale and...
Ive made a thread in the incubation section, would appreciate some advice over there. No one has replied so far.
Thanks;
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/663729/first-incubator-hatched-chick-died-what-went-wrong
-This thread will contain pictures of dead chick-
After my favourite hen got eaten by a fox a few weeks ago, I rapidly bundled together some eggs and put together a makeshift incubator in the hope of hatching some...
An update on this:
In the end I ordered a seed propagator online, it was supposed to come in 48hrs but due to postal delays it got here in about 4 days. So in all these eggs spent about 10 days on a TV reciever which was...
