Recent content by cuckooformarans

  1. cuckooformarans

    Why do you think my eggs are not hatching?

    Hello, I have several breeds of chickens that I am trying to incubate eggs from. I have two incubators, both are the Little Giant still air incubators. I have the temp at 101 degrees at the top of the eggs. I have one incubator that I keep the eggs in till they are ready for lock down, then I...
  2. cuckooformarans

    another chicken with the sits and sh---

    Our sick chicken is still alive! It has gained alot of weight and strength. The wierd thing is it still cant stand and walk well. It must be able to get around because it can get to the food and water. I find it so odd that after being this long it isnt either dead or better. We stopped the...
  3. cuckooformarans

    Why am I getting so few eggs?

    We have about 10 layer hens, and 4 are for sure old enough to be laying. The ones that are old enough are barred rocks. 2 are marans, one is a silkie, and one we think it a ameriaucana. We were getting 2- 3 eggs a day all summer, but now we are only getting one a day. I know that the lack of...
  4. cuckooformarans

    Chicken can't stand or walk

    Yes, I understand cornish cross arent meant to be kept longer than 8-9 weeks. The rest of the batch was just butchered. We raised a batch earlier this summer and they grew much larger and faster than this second batch. Still, we kept our last batch for 12 weeks and never lost a chicken or had...
  5. cuckooformarans

    Chicken can't stand or walk

    Breed: Cornish Cross Age: 12-13 weeks Sex: Female Back story: We ordered 25 cornish cross chicks mid summer. We had two die as young chicks, they appeared wet, small, and lethargic. These chicks passed within a few days or showing signs of illness. After these two died we had no problems till...
  6. cuckooformarans

    another chicken with the sits and sh---

    I also recommend Corid. I have chickens behaving the same way and suspect coccidiosis. Although, I have been treating for over 5 days with little improvement showing.
  7. cuckooformarans

    Chick not eating or drinking!

    Well, yesterday afternoon my baby chick's vent was all plugged up again bad, so I washed it out, and with it a ton of poop came out. After that the chick was finally pooping but still not eating or drinking. It was drinking good with the dropper, but still loosing strength. This morning it was...
  8. cuckooformarans

    Chick not eating or drinking!

    The baby chick has been drinking good with the eyedropper. I still havent seen it drink on its own at all, but have seen it peck around at the food. It's peeping and walking around which I think is a good sign that it's not getting any worse anyway.
  9. cuckooformarans

    Chick not eating or drinking!

    I picked up my order of 26 baby cornish X two days ago. They all looked good at first, but one doesn't seem as well as the others. I noticed she was peeping frantically while all the others were quiet. She gets trampled by the others. Her butt was all caked up with poop. I haven't seen her eat...
  10. cuckooformarans

    what dual purpose breed would you recommend?

    Im looking for a good dual purpose breed. How many eggs do you get from your cornish x...0.
  11. cuckooformarans

    what dual purpose breed would you recommend?

    Well, with more and more research we are finding that it is unlikely that we can breed our own cornish crosses. We're looking for a large bodied breed that makes a great dual purpose bird. What do you all recommend and why? Thanks
  12. cuckooformarans

    Breeding your own meat birds???

    We originally ordered baby cornish cross from a local feed store for the purpose of raising for meat birds. We have made alot of modifications to our setup, and we have been brainstorming ideas on chicken farming year round. We thought about keeping a handful and incubating the eggs to breed our...
  13. cuckooformarans

    Leg issues

    One of my broilers has a deformed leg. I didnt notice it as a chick, so I would think it was born that way, but there werent any incidents that I saw where he could have been injured. I dont know what happened but I feel bad for him. He still gets around ok, and is keeping up with the rest of...
  14. cuckooformarans

    Raccoons ugh

    We always had problems with predators getting our chickens, so when we recently decided to get back into raising poultry we decided to focus alot of attention on protecting our flock. Our first and best line of defense is a 10 wire electric fence around the perimeter. We also have traps set up...
See more
Back
Top Bottom