@Leahs Mom Thank you, I have given them the Durvets vitamins and electrolytes, but perhaps not enough. I will add chopped raw liver to their diet and see if it helps.
Thank you, I'm considering doing this and was wanting to know once you contact them how long it would be before they actually came out. And what it would be like when they did show up to test your birds, what would they look at.
A couple of the chicks that hatched just before Christmas have crooked toes. What causes the chicks toes to turn? I examined them closely, looking for any deformities and crooked toes in particular a couple days after hatching. Last night was the first time I had noticed it, but I've been...
I hatched some locally purchased eggs just before Christmas. They're now 9 weeks old, I was looking them over last night and noticed a couple have toes that are slightly crooked to one side or the other. When they hatched I had looked them all over good and none had a crooked toe. What would...
Thank you, I got them from a breeder in Arkansas. Didn't want the disappointing hatch of shipped eggs, so I drove 5 hours to pick them up. The breeder was a very nice guy and had very beautiful birds. I am very pleased with the results. Couldn't ask for a better hatch, all the chicks are...
I’m new to the Swedish Flowers, but I had to share my first hatch of SF. So far twenty have hatch out of twenty-eight. I can see a couple more starting to crack their way out, fingers crossed they will be out by this afternoon.
Hello,
I have always had a few chickens for table eggs, but now I would like to seriously breed a particular breed. I would like to have a breed that is practical, not an ornamental breed. One that is relatively rare. I've already lurked on this site looking at the different breed threads...