we been hatching eggs in our incubator, out of 50 chicks we are getting 2-3 chicks with bent curled toes. is this from something in incubating or is it just something that happens?
and how can we fix it.
Baby Silkies have poop stuck to there rear ends. its large and hard and it looks like its blocking the butt. we had one die. we tried to clean them and they look better. but what is causing it? any help please. oh they are 1 week old today.
what size of pin (sqft per emu)?
how tall does the fence need to be?
what type of shelter?
what other thing do they like? (water, hills, roost)
what every info i can get would be helpful.
Bought the Black Giants from Tractor Supply, to help with our Australorp chick we only had on born. but then we found out were getting one chick a day. the chicks look just like australorps.
We have had them for over a year now and there very good layers of a large brown egg, also easy to handle. we can just walk up to one and it will let us pick them up.
Our Coop
I'm Building a 8' by 8' coop with 8' by 16' run
The coop has 12 nests, a automatic poop door which I'm making myself, the roof has a 2' by 8' skylite and can pop open to add cool air and fully wired with timed and switched lights.
The run is 8' roofed and 8' open all inclosed with hard...
JoJu Farm Leggett, NC
My Wife and I always wanted a Farm, So last year we found one listed in an Ice Cream Shop. 61 ac with a house, the house was in very bad shape, so my wife and i rebuild it, it took us a year, but we just moved in.
we have 2 ac wild blueberrys, 7 apple trees, blackberrys,2...
Our Brooder
We used a part of our Chicken coop. I sectioned off a 24" side of the coop with a plywood wall 29" tall.
the 1st 3 weeks there were in an area of 24"x 48" with a metal ring inside so there would be no corners.
after the 3rd week i open the rest of the brooder to 24"x96".
In the...