Posts by stcroixusvi

Quote: Originally Posted by thebanthams  if  she been sitting on the eggs 25 days its more likely  dud eggs. candle them first,  if you see something very dark try to let her sit 2 more days.  if...

We put 6 eggs under our broody silkie - gradually she pushed 4 out, and kept 2.  We carefully moved her inside the garage on day 18 because we had a cold spell - she is still sitting. I tried candling but am not good at seeing...

I wonder if there is another egg up there?  You might want to investigate - as hard as that sounds.  Ours laid an egg after one broke and we had to make sure all the egg came out.  Keeping her in the dark is imperative...

The wild hair comes later.  These are two of my polish chickens.  The one on the RIGHT is a hen, LEFT is a roo!   They are 3 months old in this picture.

x3 no waddles, no saddle feathers, all good.  

In the first picture it looks as though the saddle feathers (along the backside of the bird) clearly belong to a roo. Sorry.  Pretty bird, tho.

Here's a great description of the surgery... http://hencam.com/henblog/2012/08/bumblefoot/

No, it's probably poop.  We used a spray bottle with warm water to clean up Allison while she was confined.  And, against the better judgement of this forum, we did use a spray anesthetic.  I'm told it's poisonous for...

I am happy to report she is doing fine and laying an egg a day!  We do have her in a separate coop with a coop-mate.  She never went outside - guess she was bottom of the pecking order - and the calcium was outside - so now...

Quote: Originally Posted by cobble  How do you know if your chickens are receiving enough calcium? Ours lost the prolapse and she is now fine.  She lays an egg a day, after prolapsing twice.  I posted...