"We generally prefer them to acclimate to the changing weather."
It is a risk assessment for sure.
Each person will come down in a different place because of that.
I am a-ok with the options I chose based on my own risk assessment.
We built our coop with a couple of small vents in the bottom quarter of two walls, and a couple of larger vents at the roof line.
The nesting boxes and the roosts sit in between those vents so generally speaking the birds don't get hit directly with breezes unless they are on the floor of the...
We recently moved back to New England. Used to have a flock of 30 before we moved to NC. Now that we are back, we are interested in rebuilding our chicky stock. We have one barred rock, but we are kind of late to get chicks.
Anyone in NE who are looking to sell or re-home pullets/layers...
I have one that is stepping on its wings (not on its own feet). Someone on another thread mentioned that it might have splayed leg and to try wrapping a band-aid around both legs to get them to sit under the chick properly.
I am headed to the brooder now to try it out. I think that might do...
Wow. So maybe that is wrong with my little one. I just noticed last night that a vein or something from the egg was wrapped around its leg and it couldn't stand and its feet seem splayed. It is trying mightily to stand but can't seem to get it done.
I'll try the band-aid thing. It is only 3...
Turns out the eggs started hatching early last Friday morning. Some eggs appear to have not developed at all, but no surprise there with shipped eggs.
I will play with my humidifier before starting the next batch. Thanks so much for everyone's input. I appreciate it.
I will hook it back up later today and take a pic.
I am hesitant to mess with it since the eggs are at day 18-ish and as first time mama hen, I am fussing over every little thing with these eggs. Every day I feel like I killed them.
But I hear I am supposed to up the humidity at this point...