Recent content by eanne06

He seems to be eating and drinking okay. How are you administering the Vitmain E? In a tube during feedings? Are you using the oil or the crushing the pills?

What a lucky Roo! How much selenium paste are you giving him? I've gone through two tubes in 10 days at $13 a tube. I can't see us administering that longterm.

He wasn't vaccinated for Mareks. I've been treating with a combination of Nutridrench, Poultry Cell, Vitamin B, and most recently Selenium with Vitamin E. Last night I crush two Vitamin E pills into some ground up sunflower seeds and mixed in cooked egg yolk and mercury-free tuna.

About five months ago, our 5-month-old Croad Langshan rooster developed a case of what appeared to be wryneck. He had the classic neck twist/starry-eyed gaze and seems to be favoring one side of his body so that when he walked he leaned into one side more than the other. We brought him inside...

Thank you. We're glad we have 3 healthy chicks, but this was a hard one.

What happened? 3/5 eggs hatched successfully and without intervention. Pretty sure the 4th egg died pre-lockdown as there was no movement at all when I candled on the 18th, but this egg, the 5th, was doing great at lockdown and was moving a ton on in the incubator on the 20th day. I woke up...

The membrane is paper white. We bumped the humidity up. Nothing. Just pulled it out. I don't see an egg tooth or anything resembling a beak or an eye anywhere near the opening. Peeled back a little more shell but didn't mess with the membrane. It's super dry. No visible breathing. Popped back...

The incubator has been closed since lockdown, which was 9pm on Thursday. First egg hatched successfully at 11:50pm on Saturday. Woke up at 7am on Sunday to this one like this. It's now 12:43pm Sunday and nothing has changed. The other chicks that hatched are still in the incubator and seem just...

We've had 2/5 eggs successfully hatch in the last 12 hours. The third egg was moving quite a bit about 11 hours ago. We woke up this morning and the bottom had cracked open, but there is no movement, noise, or progress, and it looks like the membrane is still intact but dry. Is it possible the...

Ah, yes those were all over the place!

I set my eggs at 9pm on Sunday, January 24, which would make Sunday, February 14 day 21. So should I take the turner out today, Thursday, February 11, right? Should I have taken it out in the morning or at 9pm? And can I still candle today/the 18th day?

I'm afraid I do, too. Is there any specific to an Olive Egger that helps sex them? Have you had any surprises with cockerels turning out to be hens that looked like this?

I've heard they're really tricky to sex. Mine are five weeks old and the waiting game is going to kill me! Their daddy is a Black Copper Maran and mama is an Ameraucana. My hunch is that A and D are roos, but I'm dying to be convinced otherwise. I got them from Mt. Healthy Hatchery, and they...