I woke up this morning expecting some progress and instead the incubator was unplugged and the chick stopped moving. Membrane looks dry. The incubator was cold and so was the egg. I really don’t want this to ruin my Christmas, please let me know what I could do to help it.
Bobcats killed 32 chickens and a turkey January 2024, I’ve never lost more than 5-10 chickens to predatory birds in 10 years of raising chickens, none to raccoons/skunks, we have mountain lions but they don’t spend as much time around the chickens as they do the goats around breeding season...
I was about to leave this morning when I went to go check and feed my indoor chicken (kept inside since he’s experiencing so many issues and the cold where I’m from would just make everything harder) about 2 months old, had His eyes were shut, he was cold even though being under a heating cover...
This chicken has been going through it since day 1. She was the 4th reject of the summer and had a hole pecked in through her chest opposed to her head and that’s why she lived to be 2 months as of today.
Then we noticed she had scissor beak when she was nearing 3-5 weeks of age. Not much of a...
My almost 3 year old BBW tom, Goose, has started limping and spending a lot of time in his pen with his bonded BBB hen. All my poultry are free range, and he usually spends time around the property or with my Blue slate tom. I checked out his foot today and it looks like the middle and scales...
Def crossbreeds and they look like they have some leghorn in them. The one without the brown coloring looks like an Italian leghorn. The one with the brown looks like an Italian/brown leghorn mix. Beautiful birds btw! :)
Here are the pictures!! First 2 are Sakura (@GlicksChicks), the third and fourth are vinca (@talkinboutchickens), and the last one is cassia (@Glory to His name)!
Thank you everyone for your love and support, I appreciate it ❤️
Have a great day everyone!! And happy new year!!! 🎆🎊🎈