Well....on advice for future hatches I was able to obtain a Little Giant Still Air incubator thinking I could transfer the eggs to Lock them down there to avoid anyone becoming "shrink wrapped". On my way home my young son called to let me know three eggs were pipping and one little one had...
Help. I'm desperate during my first batch and, unfortunately, they are mostly endangered eggs. I've corralled several incubators because I was terrified of a minimal hatch and I'm as nervous right now as I was when I found out I was in the midst of a high risk pregnancy. I'm one day I to...
I'm on a wait list to order some Maran hens as soon as they are available....if this hadn't all happened in the fall I'd already have them but I just can't accommodate minimums of 25 chicks.... (Or exorbitant prices for Maran female chicks!)
I'm new to coop keeping and had wanted to choose my own time for this but my young son found a crate out on the highway that had fallen off a pickup as it went round the bend and rescued 3 little chicks... The rest were carried off by predators so this little trio was quite fortunate my son...
It looks normal now but she can't put any weight on it. When I first found her hobbled, her toes were clasped together (not curled) and her leg was totally limp but pulled up slightly. Now it's extended straight with toes splayed but she actually rests the foot a little on the other foot but...
Hello to all and so glad I found this website!! I found one of my guinea hens injured about a week ago....since I wasn't there to see what transpired I thought at first she had broken a leg from running into the fencing or got trampled while stuck under the coop ladder...what with our crazy...