I am new to chickens and even newer to hatching eggs. I built my own incubator from a large marine cooler. I built an egg turner that will hold around 75 LF eggs and even more smaller eggs. The temp in the incubator varies about 4 degrees. From 99 to 103 and the humidity i keep between 35 and 45...
I have a year old rooster that recently lost his mate. He never was one to go exploring but stuck beside his mate all the time. She passed when we had a sudden cold snap about a week ago. When I found her about 9 that morning, he was standing beside her. I took her and burried her but noticed he...
My wife and I bought a house about 2 years ago. She wanted a house with a little land, so she coukd have a few animals. So we bought a house and 5 acres. When we moved in we had a dog, a cat and a scarlet macaw. Since we had a bigger house, we a cockatiel, as I love birds. Soon after, we had 4...
Sorry, been out of town for a few days. For the last week, I have been mixing sav a chic in her water. Today she is running around the coop as if she never felt better.
Thanks for the links eggcessive. I looked through them and went back and looked at the hen. Couldnt match symptoms with the hen. I couldnt see any white powdery stuff today, may have been the lighting. I will watch her close and note any symptoms I see tomorrow with another pic.
Thanks granny...
No, her eyes are open fine, seem to be watery. I havent looked for mites but we found one with mites a few days ago. My wife treated all chickens, coops ans surrounding areas yesterday. The hen in the picture we just goy Saturday.
I am new to chickens and probably sound silly but what are...