Recent content by Keeperofmunchkins

Could be just a slow starter if she doesn't have any health problems. Pullet's combs usually become red and full just before they start laying so if hers is growing she is getting somewhere at least. Is she a normal weight (check her breastbone to see if she is too skinny)? Have you checked for...

That there is a boy for sure.

One male and one female, as certain as these things can be.

Agree last 4 photos are females. Others are males.

I keep my rooster indoors at night in a store room so his crowing doesn't disturb the neighbours. Today I discovered a sizeable infestation of mites in the room including in the cupboard there where I store the chicken feed. Since the mites were all over the feed tubs and everything I left them...

Well I'm planning on opening it up and having a look but Im not exactly mechanically minded either. As I said I've used it a fair few times, I would say at least a dozen hatches in the past couple of years, without any problem. I suppose it was just worn out.

This is more of a rant than a question. I'm 5 days into incubating a dozen Chinese painted/button quail eggs, which I candled yesterday and all of them have embryos inside - and my incubator just blew up.:barnie By blew up I mean it made a little popping sound, powered off and started emitting...

This looks like necrosis, dead tissue. There must have been an injury that could not heal correctly, possibly the chick got its toe squashed or stuck somewhere shortly after hatch. Nothing can be done to help it now. It should break away, leaving the healthy limb behind, but there is a small...

A few weeks ago I found a couple of tiny crawling bugs on eggs that a hen was sitting on. This is the first time in four years of keeping chickens that I have encountered what I suspect to be either red mite or Northern fowl mite (in the past I've had small problems with scaly leg mite and...

Definitely treat for coccidiosis as it is better to be safe than sorry. However there is a chance it is just intestinal lining being shed as the stress of being moved when you got them is a common cause of this.

Sorry for the loss of your hen. In my experience a hen would not accept chicks much older than a week old. At four weeks they are much too old. The chicks also would not accept a different mother at this point. What is your weather and coop like? The chicks should be fine alone now in terms...

How is the chick doing now? It seems like it had a rough hatch and hatched too fast. Definitely keep mother and chick away from the other chickens. I would not advise keeping them on smooth paper because it is slippery for the chick's legs and could cause splay legs. Paper towels or cloth...

It can take a long time for chicks to dry in the incubator if humidity is very high. Also they could have got a little stuck in the shells and some of the fluids and membranes have stuck to their down more than usual, making them appear still wet. I would move them to the brooder and check on...

Have you checked his crop for impaction or sour crop? Any other physical signs like sneezing or nose/eye discharge or facial swellings? Also check for signs of mites. Is his comb nice and bright red and plump?

All I can identify is that fabulous little dome headed polish chick in the last pic! So cute.