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My young light sussex rooster has acted like he has a cold for the past few weeks. The other chickens in the coop are completely fine, and even he is eating and foraging and moving around fine. His bum is not bloody and neither is his poop. However, his lungs aren't sounding any better, and may...

haha ya I have heard of a few funny stories involving traumatized cats and live traps!! haha I will take your advice. Thanks!

Could be a possum... never thought about that. It was around 7 at night because I forgot to shut them in. I think she got eaten because she always goes in late. she was also a fully grown old rhode island red. Could a possum do that? I am not positive that we don't have raccoons and stuff, but...

My hen is set to hatch out 5 muscovy duckling next saturday. I also have 10 chicks that are due to hatch from my incubator next saturday as well. My broody hen is very quiet and very sweet, and she has been very tolerant of me candling and moving her eggs. I would like to put the chicks in with...

Hi, I hope this is not rude or anything, but I have a question of my own. One of my hens didn't return last night and I found two large piles of feathers in small concentrated areas and a pile of blood. we don't have foxes and I know we don't have racoons, so the only thing that could have...

I had the same thing happen. One of my chicks hatched and moved all the other 4 pipped ones around. I didn't open the incubator as instructed, and all of them died except one. I know there was probably another problem such as humidity ect...., but having the one live chick bouncing all the other...

You are the only answer I have gotten so far! I talked to my friend who started me on pigeons and he suggested wetting my hands and gently rolling the eggs in them a few times a day. I am going to do that and then candle them in a few days and see if the air sacs have shrunken at all. Hope for...

It may seem really sad, but it is best not to intervene. Usually if you do end up helping it they come out underdeveloped with an open stomach. It may be sad to have it die, but it is worse watching a sick chick fading away. I don't know if this works for you, but as your hen is already hearing...

My broody hen is sitting on 5 muscovy eggs on day 24. The air sacs are way to big, but I see movement so they are all still alive. My question to everyone is is it to late to start misting the eggs? If I boost the humidity up will the air sacs shrink? Also, how many times a day should I mist...

I candled the 8 eggs that I put under my broody hen yesterday. That was day 11. I see lots of veins, and in some I can even see the embryo moving. I was just wondering if someone could answer my question about the air sacs. On a few of them that I couldn't see movement the air sacs were really...

At least you have 2 healthy peepers!

I am reading!!!!! Congrats!

haha I know just what you mean!! Mine are only at day 16 and I am about to demand some action!! Please post tomorrow and tell us how it goes!!! How many eggs do you have in the incubator?

I got some muscovy eggs but I don't know if they are fertile. I put them under my broody hen. My question is what is the shortest time that I can candle them?

I had 3 embryos that all died at the same time. Is it something I did or can that just sometimes happen?