Recent content by zabi

Hello fellow BYC, I am a Veterinary student and want to know that is it possible to vent sex ostrich chicks? I am from a country which have no avian vets and also we don't have the genetic material to do a feather or blood sexing of the ostriches and I want to learn a few things from...

Hi, I haven't killed them nor was I intending to.... its just that I wanted to find out if an egg buddy does work the same as other species of birds.... it' now been 21 days and I am still taking care of them.... I found a very good article on Google on how they develop from day to day 51

Hello fellow BYCs, I hope this is the right place for this post. So here is my question, has anybody ever tried using an egg buddy to check fertility of emu eggs, if you have, does it work or not? I bought 3 eggs from my local farmer and now its been 10 days and I would really like to know if...

I tried candling but failing to see anything... lol seems like it' a waiting game for me

Hello fellow BYCs, I hope this is the right place for this post. So here is my question, has anybody ever tried using an egg buddy to check fertility of emu eggs, if you have, does it work or not? I bought 3 eggs from my local farmer and now its been 10 days and I would really like to know if...

Hello fellow BYCs, I hope this is the right place for this post. So here is my question, has anybody ever tried using an egg buddy to check fertility of emu eggs, if you have, does it work or not? I bought 3 eggs from my local farmer and now its been 10 days and I would really like to know if...

They have grown up

Nothing as such, just them dead... next time I will take more care when I do open, i might have missed the signs

Hi all, I have a question on incubation... I am having a good hatch rate (atleast 95-98%) but my question is that when I do candling of the eggs, all my eggs are fertile and on the 18th day as I place the eggs down, most hatch, only one or two don't hatch but have fully grown chicks (I did...

Chicken lover since the day I was born

Hi, just wanted to find out if anyone on this forum is from Zambia?? Would love to meet another chicken lover from within the country

My chicks enjoying the sunshine

Update on the chicks... all fuzzy and in the brooder

I will update... even I can't wait for the outcome

I shall post better pictures of the chicks tomorrow after they are nice and fuzzy