Recent content by WhitneyM

One of my birds fell sick and then her face swelled. I think it’s Coryza. I’m probably going to cull her since I know it stays with them forever. I separated her from the flock. None of my other chickens have any symptoms. Her symptoms started 4 days ago. So I know there is still a...

Hello. I’ve never seen this before. Do you know what is going on? He has no energy at all. Thanks!

That’s Good to know. Thank you!

No they were from a friend. She had just had a great hatch rate of 11/12 a bit ago. Although, when I candled 4 of them weren’t even developed.

You guys are so darn sweet! Thank you for the encouragement. It was just a crappy way to start! I will be starting a new batch soon in a new incubator. Thank you so much for your reply!

you guys are seriously the best. Thank you for the encouragement. I had 4 out of 12 hatch and only 2 survived. Not a fun way to start. I am going to get a new incubator and try again. Thank you so much!

This is hard for me to post because it might be fault. I’m going to be honest even though it’s kind of killing me. I’m new to this. This hatch has been horrible. The first egg hatch but then started blowing bubbles. I looked online and it said it was drowning so I opened it a bit more...

I am so frustrated at myself right now. I flipped them. Sadly, it was most of them. Thank you for your responses!

Hello. I have had chickens for 7 years but am new to hatching. I had the eggs in the incubator but had no idea they had to be a certain way up or down. I candles them at day 10 with 9/12 developed. I put them back randomly because I still didn’t know the big end needed to point up. Several...

I have a chicken with a respiratory infection. I gave her 1 dose (1CC she is 5-6 lbs) of Duramycin 72-200. In injected it into her breast. I have been researching but can’t find a direct answer. Does anyone know if/what the egg withdrawal period is? Thanks.

Thank you everyone for your responses! I appreciate the different points of view. I have lots to look into! I’m going to have chickens either way so paying for their feed would be great. People are selling Pullets for an insane amount of money here in AZ, but they are also buying up chicks, so...

Oh sorry, I am in Az southern Arizona. Thank you for your response!

Hello. I have too many chickens lol. I have 18 grown hens, 19 teenager chickens, and 8 chicks. I will be keeping some, but selling the others. If I had land, I would keep them all. I love always having these babies. I am getting an incubator. I can’t have a rooster so I’m buying...