So I just got done with my first incubation and I put in about 5 of my Chickens eggs. She happens to lay some very hard eggs and when I did an egg toppsy it was so so hard for me to pip the egg as a chick would. so my question is, is it something that happens often? can a certain chickens eggs...
I have 22 eggs in the incubator right now. I am on day 15 and at around day 10 I was candeling one of my eggs and dropped the little light on the egg and it got a crack on the top. Can a chick survive if something like this hapens? This is my first hatch and I just didnt know. I also haven't...
Hi guys I need you help. I got a new chicken about 3 weeks ago that was supposed to be laying. I have noticed her belly getting swollen and I thought I would give her a warm bath and all that good stuff. Before doing so I examined her vent and found a bunch of tiny tiny little worms on her vent...
I got a new hen a week ago I traded with a woman for my polish hen. The new hen is a RIR she is supposed to be 11 months old and supposed to be laying every day. Is there any reason why she wouldn't be laying yet? I figured she might still be under stress the first few days but I'm kind of...
So I have 5 hens 3 of them I raised they are around 19 weeks old (Rohde island Red, buff orpington, amaraucana) The other 2 hens I purchased from a woman in Phx, she said they are both layin. One is a jersey giant and one is a polish hen. The woman told me they are around 6 months of age. Its...