(@ OldChurchEggery1) that may be possible, and don't get me wrong, i'm doing tons of research as well. i've looked up microfische of newspapers and books and online posts, all kinds of things. i wasn't really looking for others to write my paper as much as i would have liked to see others bring...
re-read the thread, it says "Obviously we won't be staging a virtual cockfight but i want to find your guys opinions on two breeds of chicken to put them to the test." i want to get information and research straight from the people who have been working with these breeds for years so i can write...
come on guys, i know you have something to say about these breeds, there are many people who love these breeds and have something to say one way or another about them.
The first essay assigned for the year is a compare/contrast essay and i have a
great idea. Lets compare and contrast two breeds of chickens in a sort of
"deadliest warrior" competition. for those of you who have never seen the show,
they do tests to see the high and low qualities of both sides...
UPDATE:
well i ended up having to go to work and didn't get a chance to put the eggs in the incubator, but the rest of the chicks hatched out with no problems, she is clucking and showing them how to eat and doing other broody things, i guess those chicks she killed must have had something...
UPDATE: i decided against culling the birds, but i quarantined the ones that looked questionable and seperated the rest. i ended up losing my polish rooster, but the sebright above and all of my other birds that were sick are now better and eating and laying as though nothing has happened. i'm...
i have a broody light Brahama hen. today is day 21 for her and she was sitting on 14 eggs. yesterday when i came home from school i noticed that an egg was pushed out of the nest, shell half off and the chick fully developed and dead inside, it stunk though. i disposed of it and left her to her...
(@ dawg53) is it possible that their bodies would be able to fight it off at all? my Polish rooster's one eye is bubbly, but he actually looks better than he did. and i'm definately going to quarantine and try antibiotics. i've never been one to allow $60 of poultry swap money to go down the...
This is what my Sebright hen looks like right now, she's still alive at the moment but i'm not sure for how much longer. its heart (and gut) wrenching.
I lost my sebright rooster to something similar about 2 weeks ago, although his eyes didnt muck up like hers. i found her in the nest box...