Last night sometime my broody hen left her 18 eggs. This morning they were all cold so reactively I just put them in an incubator. Is this a wasted effort or does anyone know if there's still hope?? Was gonna wait and candle them once we got some heat going through them again. Please advise.
We intervened in a natural hatching last night where for almost 24 hrs the chick hadn't made any progress as far as breaking free. Anyways, chick was helped out except the latter half of it so he could 'do it' by himself. At 9pm last night the shell was still attached by a small fiber (umbilical...
I'm a first time guinea having crazy chicken lady and these guineas have me going even more crazy. I have 4 guineas, 3 hens and 1 cock, 2 of hens have here recently went MIA but can be heard at a distant 'calling' on occasion. I'm sure she is nested in the neighbors enormous junk pile but I...