My emu just started laying, and as it is below freezing here at night I am bringing them inside and will incubate-first time. Only have 2 eggs so far but I turned on the cabinet bator to get it started to the right temp...
This is Amelia, my sebastopol gosling. She is almost 4 months old, is 1/3 the size of her clutch mates and doesn't have any feathers yet, not to mention her neck is all crooked. Anyone seen this before? All the wry neck pics I have seen go down, not sideways like this...
I was wondering the same thing. My hen hatched an egg outside, same situation, I ended up bringing her inside and setting her up in the laundry room with her eggs. I also put eggs under her when they started to pip in the incubator and she ended up with 18 chicks that she was very good about...
I live in Northern Arizona, and recently bought a house with a little bit of property... we went crazy with the birds! We have many many chukar, pheasant, pigeons, japanese quail, bob white quail, turkeys, ducks and chickens. I especially love the bantam sized, their eggs make the best pickled...
We have an owl and a couple of hawks that feel our yard is a free-for-all predator buffet. Not much we can do about it since I believe that they are both protected animals The owl is not so bad since the chickens roost up at night, but the hawks are around during the day and we prefer our...