I have NEVER had any trouble before this hatch. This time I have chicks piped at the wrong end, chicks pipping then dying, chicks zipping then dying and they are all 2 days overdue. What the heck did I do wrong? I did the same thing I always do. Humidity 40-45% through the hatch temp 100.0. I...
I have had chickens for 7-8 years and I am struggling with two things still---
1) The deep litter method always smells like ammonia to me. I end up cleaning out the coops every week or two. What am I doing wrong? We have great ventilation. Maybe I just have too many birds in there. I have read...
We bought a chick from the feed store in with the easter eggers. She is totally black with black legs that are feathered. A bright red pea comb and red earlobes. She looks like an austroplorpe with a pea comb and feathered legs. She has no beard at all.She just started laying really dark brown...
These are from show quality lines from Geri Godina at Ohio National. Just have too many. They were born around end of October.PM if interested. I will not ship. In Galena OH
I have Silkie cockrels hatched from Catdance eggs in February. We have a partridge, white, 2 buffs, and a blue up for sale. All look great except Forest...he had a foot problem when he hatched and has a deformed toe. Does not affect his daily life but not showable. The others could be shown. I...
Several of my hens have bald spots on back right above tail. I first thought rooster damage so i bought saddles. It helped with one but not the other two. I then thought low protein so i mixed layer with flock raiser and supplemented with cat food. It did not help. I did have mites but have...
I went out tonight to find one of my d'uccle hens dead. She had a tear in her neck and a bare back. Her vent looking red and inflamed. She was lowest in the pecking order and even the other d'uccles did not really like her. Nobody really picked on her but they just didnt buddy up. I am so...
Has anyone ever seen this? One of our new zealand does has had 4 litters since we got her. Each time she has 4 or 5 live normal kits and several kits that are dead and in multiple stages of development. They are usually in pieces. Could she have a problem with one horn of her uterus? I am...
I have 36 chicks, all different breeds. All 2 weeks old today. I have one little partridge Cochin that has not grown at all. It still looks like it is a day old.our blue Cochin and even our bantam cochins that are the same age look huge next to her. She sleeps a lot but does get up to eat and...
Please give me your best quess First 2 pics are one I am pretty sure is a girl It acts like a girl and has virtually no comb. The second 3 pics are a KNOWN boy. it crows(included for comparison). The last three are of the ?. It has me stumped. Kinda of acts like a girl. Smaller ears and combe...
Does anyone know how exactly EE eggs are blue. I know it is genetic but is it a special chemical or what? I cant find any info on the web about why the eggs are blue and what causes it. We are having some issues with soft eggs only with the EE.
Thanks!
Our flock became ill after getting some new birds in Dec. Necropsy was inconclusive and OSU said no need to cull. I am pretty sure they had ILT-Infectious Laryngotracheitis due to bloody mucus and symptoms. Our birds have recovered but will be carriers. I have read scientific studies, info...
Our flock has been diagnosed with ILT-Infectious Laryngotracheitis. Our birds have recovered but will be carriers. I have read scientific studies, info from vaccine manufacturer's and everything I can find on the Internet. The information I have found is all over the place. Some say carriers...
So this is the story. Had chickens for four years with no problems :) In april we hatched babies under a broody silkie :) One night they got attacked in the coop and 4 got killed. In August we went on vacation and left the care of the flock with a trusted neighbor. The entire flock got killed...
We have a very sick hen with resp symptoms. I want to bring her in the house but do not want to make our lovebird or cockateil sick. In looking online it looks like most poultry diseases are limited to "fowl" and some dont even cross over to geese or ducks.....
I have one d'uccle pullet about 6 months old. She is tiny and all our other chickens are regular bantams or large fowl. She likes to coop up with them but last night someone stepped on her foot and broke a blood feather. This morning blood was everywhere sooo.... I would like to get her a...