With my cross beak, I took a pair of nail clippers and cut the beak as close as I could so that it wouldn't bleed, if yours starts to bleed a little you can put some flour on it to help it stop.
The farmer i know who has guinea hens says that they take around 31 days to hatch and he's been raising them for several years now. But just in case i would look around online to make sure, he told me this a long time ago.
I put my broody silkie hen with her eggs in a separate coop so she wont be bothered by the other hens, the coop was about 3ft off the ground and near my dog so varmints weren't a problem. If you can't build a coop put her in a dog crate that's large enough and keep it in a safe area. When the...
I had the same thing happen with my white silkie hen a month ago and now i got 6 baby chicks, she was under a year old and it was her first time too. There's nothing to worry about and give the eggs that don't hatch about 3-4 days after the time they should hatch just in case some are a little late.
you can start to introduce pellets by just adding a hand full to their crumbles and you can start doing that now. other than that they should also get small grubs like worms and also give them some supervised time to scratch at dirt so they can get grubs themselves and to get small rocks that...
i like to have a hanging feeder because the feed stays cleaner and i like a feeder that can hold a lot because u can put in a little but also have the choice of having a lot of feed in it.
She's a very good looking bird and she has the colors of a Rhode Island red or New Hampshire red but both those breeds dont have feathered feet she might be a Rhode Island/White cochin mix.