It is better to save the chicken and IF there is a secondary problem, have the actual time (I.E. the chicken lives) to find an underlying problem... if there is one.
I spoke by experience!
Okay. Not sure if anyone has answered the actual question or not.
This is a bacterial infection. It is quite common and can be treated over the counter. There is an antibiotic called Oxytetracycline HCI Soluble Powder. You can usually find it at your local feed store but can assuredly find it...
I just cracked a few eggs open. Two eggs were green. Two eggs had chicks and one was sortof a chick. Question, if they have chicks, would they be moving around? Or look lifeless?
Okay. I already moved her and the baby was four days, maybe five today. I found it this morning. All if my eggs are light brown to dark brown. The candling talks about seeing through the egg but i have never been able to "see" anything. Is there another way to check?
Okay this is our first liter of chicks.
We have 9 chickens and only one broody! So all odd our chickens say on her to lay their eggs. Now we have 24 eggs that she been sitting on for quite some time. One hatched. Such a cute bugger!
Three other eggs she cracked open - ate two of them and the...