Recent content by Rstine

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

I've got a turkey who recently started to set in what is about to become a work zone. Is it possible to move her and her eggs, or will she just abandon it. She is on the ground, not in a box of any kind.

Thanks for the advice. I free range, so whenever hens have set they were far away from others. This is the first time one has ever set in the henhouse. I will try to identify the original eggs. My backyard chicken friends always steer me right, thanks again.

Ok, I ve got a Silkie that started sitting. Soon after, a dog got in the henhouse and ate her eggs. The next day she laid another egg and started sitting. I gave her an Americauna egg to go with hers and she readily accepted it. She goes out to eat first thing in the morning then it's right...

We bought 3 wyandottes last fall and 2 of them have already been broody, 1 has already hatched 2 clutches. She is a good little momma. My silkies have never been this broody.

After some research I think she's a blue old English game bantam. She hasn't grown much, flies well and loves to be handled. Nice little lady.

Thanks for the help

I got some free goose eggs and this wonderful creature was the only one to survive hatching. I've been comparing it pictures on the internet but can't quite nail it down. This is our first goose and it is loaded with personality, or is that goosinality?

I was trying to get just her and silkie for size comparison but all the ladies were wanting a piece of the action.

I don't see any color variety on google that looks like mine, of course, Google doesn't know everything.

When I bought some silkies this spring this little girl came home with me, too. I have no idea what breed she is. She has grey plumage, legs, and beak. It looks like she's half pidgeon. This is the smallest chicken ive ever seen.

So begins the addiction, don't say you weren't warned. Soon you'll have fowl all over the place. Enjoy your new friends.

An update. I tried to remove the egg membrane stuck to the one goslings head and a lot of ot was too much adhered to get off without risking bleeding. Unfortunately, that Gosling didn't make it through its second night. The one with what had appeared to have a deformed neck and leg straighted...

Thanks, I will try it. One appears as if it has a neck problem, hopefully it will be able to stretch it out, I can't imagine life in an egg.

So I peeled the shell off the best I could, some of the membrane was stuck to its head, didn't force it of for fear if bleeding. I have another who was in the same stage but started a day later so I helped it out as well. They are both moving around the incubator, they look weak and I am not...