Try Diatomaceous Earth Add a volume of 2% to the feed amount. Adding this to the feed supplies the flock with trace minerals boosting their nutrition. Use on a daily basis as a worming preventative/treatment mixed in their feed. This works I have used it every 6 months for about two weeks to...
I have a chicken that had this happen and it has been two days the egg yolk sack looks long and deformed the Chicken is standing constantly or leaning against something it will not sit. Could it be part of the chicks intestines? The yolk sack burst when she sat on it about an hour after she...
Why thank you. My married Daughter picked out 17 various chickens based on what she thought was pretty never expecting to raise any new ones from eggs But she was given the Silkie/seabrite mix by her Mother-in-law who happens to be just the broodyist little hen, My Daughter lost a few chickens...
My chick is peaking out and I went out and lifted momma off the baby to see if any others had hatched and it was jumping around quite a bit. but still the only one. I threw in a little food for momma and some chick crumble for the baby but didn't want to give it water since I didn't know how to...
MY roo is a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte and my hens are all different breeds. I have a broody hen and she has been sitting on about twenty of the eggs from all of them one is a buff orpington three are easter eggers one buff and black spotted one white and one is a easter egger silkie/sebrite...
I have my own emergency
I have a hen setting on 20 eggs and one of them hatched early this morning. cute little thing but it has been all day and no other egg has hatched and I am getting worried momma will ignore the little chick for the eggs she is still siting on. I heard 16 hours but I...