Hi everyone! This morning my duck came out of the coop looking fine. She wasn’t showing any signs of significant pain, but she wasn’t moving or swimming much which I found sort of odd. When I held her I found a new bump on her chest. It almost felt like it was her rib cage poking out. I took a...
Hi everyone! Here is an update on the process... Yesterday one out of five chicks hatched yesterday, and now another egg is starting to hatch today. This is great 👍🏻, but there is one problem. Is the new born chick supposed to be sleeping a lot? The chick was born at 12:00 last night and has...
Hi everyone!! I was hatching 5 chicken eggs, some silkie and satin eggs. Everything was going well, until the hatching day. It was day 21 and none of the hatched. Then it was day 22 and they didn’t hatch. Then it was day 23 and they still didn’t hatch. And now it’s day 24 and they are still not...
This exact thing happens with our rooster and Road Island Red hen. But instead he would sit on top of her, like as if he were mating but wouldn’t be mating, then his mother would come over and start to peak the poor Road Island Red in the head and would rip her feathers out, just like how your...