Hi all- We have some week old meat chicks (Cornish Cross) and we have just noticed that quite a few of them have what we assume are bulging crops. We give them unmedicated chick feed, and water. What in the world is going on? Should we start them on grit already?? We didn't start our egg...
So one of our chicks that hatched this morning is still walking around the incubator with the yolk sac still hanging out. It has started to harden for the most part, but is still very much attached to the inside. I have NO CLUE what to do. It's been on there for almost 12 hours now. On a...
Hi All- This is our first time hatching chicken eggs in an incubator. Today is day 18, and lockdown is happening tonight. I was just candling a few eggs because I was curious about their positions, and I realized that one of our bigger eggs, that's kind of shaped the same on top and bottom...
Hi there! My name is Angie. My husband, Dustin, and I live about 30 minutes east of Kansas City, MO. We live on 3 acres, with a nice sized pond. We have 5 New Hampshires (1 rooster), 4 Barred Rocks, and 4 Easter Eggers (1 rooster). We bought them from a hatchery about 1 1/2 years ago. My...