Recent content by hd_darcy

Thank you! As long as my son is on board, I do think I would feel better giving her more time. I just hate to see her suffering. I will look into a sling or wheelchair for her. Lately, I have been wrapping her in a stretchy wrap so, she can't claw herself. I have her in a shoe box with a dip in...

Thank you. I've been giving her a B complex, but I crush it, and mix it with a tiny bit of water. I then give her the water through a syringe. Yesterday she would drink it in the palm of our hand. Also been coating bread with it too, to get her to eat. So,for the past 6 days, she has been...

Thank you. Yes, she was with our 27 other chickens. No other signs with the others. How long do I treat before I would see an improvement? I'm on day 6 of her getting a full pill. I hate to give up on her, but I also don't want to see her suffer either. Such a hard decision.

My son and I are hugely conflicted on a little d'uccle pullet that we have in the house right now. She's about 3 - 4 months old. A little over a week ago, we noticed that she couldn't use one leg. We brought her in the house to try to help her. The next day, she couldn't use either of her...

Thank you! I ended up just following directions, and they are hatching now. I'm on day 20, and so far I have nearly 6 out of 14 hatched (6 is working hard now). My thermometer, must have been off. I just ignored the humidity part of it, and filled one channel, until lockdown. Did the trick...

I am struggling with incubator and wanted to set eggs tonight. My humidity shows only 33% with new accurate. And I think my vent adjustment is not working? Vent is open when I have it totally shut. That is wrong, right? And halfway looks like it's really open! I have not used incubator in...

WHEW! Great to know. Thank you for the info!

I have hatched before, but it's been a long time. I decided to start my flock up again after a few years break. I bought some d'uccle and silkie eggs. Now, I'm second guessing myself that they shouldn't be incubated together? Ugh... Did I make a mistake? I have the eggs as of today, and...

Curious how your hatch turned out? I am looking to purchase a couple of sets too. How long are the eggs okay to sit before they are put in the incubator?

We've had our coop and run for years. The walls are like 6 or 7 feet. Unfortunately, we left the coop door open for awhile as we forgot one night, and then after finding safe chickens, we thought we were golden and left the coop door open with the run door shut thereafter. Well, after...

Anybody?

I have 4 silkie eggs in my Brinsea from shipped eggs (along with 2 of my own mixed cochin bantams). When should I start lockdown? I have read to start lockdown one day early with silkies? Or best to wait? Also when I candled it appeared that one of the air cells was opposite of the others on...

I have a bantam barred rock who seemed to have went from normal to curled toes. I separated him and started giving him some polyvisol right away. This was about a week ago, maybe a bit more. Anyway, I'm thrilled to report, he's making huge progress. He's actually walking a bit now. He's not...

I'm hoping it's okay to post in this thread? I have a roo who is ill / needs help, and I'm very suspicious it's Mareks. He seemed to have went from fine one day to curling his toes on one side and not being able to use that leg. I have him separated now, and am giving him polyvisol. Would...