Was out closing up my coops this evening and something caught my eye in the horse pasture....TWO BIG SKUNKS! So I grab anything I could get my hands on and chucked it at them....well after a few flower pots, buckets and spare wood pieces....you would think they would go away.....NOPE! Once my...
Update on my shipped eggs. Out of my six showgirls, I ended up with three. (All shrink wrapped) My little frizzled naked necks hatched today. Once again, serious shrink wrapping! But I managed to save six of them. I am getting pretty good at getting these little guys out with no damage...
Take your incubator into the bathroom. Turn on the shower and steam it up real good, then carefully pip their shells for them, as long as u go in through the airsack you won't poke the chick. Then carefully, and I mean carefully pip the internal membrane if there are any alive you will most...
Had this happen today. Six eggs. Four pipped yesterday but nothing after that. Decided the run the shower and fill the bathroom up with steam. Took the incubator in with me. I took an egg that had pipped but only the inner membrane. I decided to help it out. (this is something that I...
Just a quick update...I have six shipped lavender showgirl eggs day. 21 today...wasn't holding out any hope that these would hatch as all of them had crazy air cells. (saddle cells etc). Seriously, the air cell was bigger the chick on day 17 and running down both sides....:/ so I put them in...
I have standard and bantys (always have). Never had had a problem. Even the standard roosters leave my banty hens alone which is a good thing..;). I love bantys they are the sweetest little birds...and they make great mothers.