I had started incubating hatching eggs that I had bought but out of the 12 only 1 has developed inside of the incubator. I'm not sure whether it's my fault or that the eggs just weren't fertile. But the egg is going to hatch soon, it's on day 14 now. I have a broody hen sitting on 5 developing...
This is what one looked like when I cracked it open. I took most of them out and replaced them with new ones. See if these ones grow anything. I have two roosters and have had babies hatch outside before, so the eggs should be good. Idk what im doing wrong 🫤
Hello everyone. I used to incubate alot then let my hens take control and hatch their own babies. Now I'm trying to pick up incubating again, mainly because my kids love to watch it. I tried normal incubating on my first try back at it and none of the chicks made it. I had a lot of trouble with...
I cleaned both of the feet and legs with iodine and wiped them with a cloth of warm water and soap. Just to keep things clean. She is by herself all day long. She likes to be closer to her siblings at night, under the heater. She gets the heater all to herself when her siblings are outside...
I might have to take a better picture of it. It looks puffy and red. The leg and the whole foot. Definitely not sure why one leg looks like that but then it's not wanting to put pressure on the opposite foot? Could it be an infection? I will definitely get a better picture of it later when I go...
I have this one little chick out of my bunch of 9. It's limping now out of nowhere. At first I thought maybe one of the other chicks or my bigger ducklings might have hurt it. My ducklings got out of their container and might have went into the chicks container, I'm not sure. But it's feet look...
I knownit won't be a definitive way of sexing. But can you tell girls from boys ducklings apart by the size of their feet, like you can with roosters at a young age?? 🤔