Brilliant thank you for that info! We lanced it and cleaned it out, she seems much better! I think I'll definitely have a look for that book too... Thanks
I've got a broody Barnavelder who had about 7 eggs, on sunday she pushed 4 out, (2 o them had dead chicks inside and 2 had nothing in but smelly yolk) and one chick hatched yesterday which is doing great! But he pushed the dog cage door open and moved and made a nest somewhere else with the...
Hi! I have a Maran hen who has got bad feet, she's got scaly leg and has for a while, we've always treated it with Vaseline and scaly leg spray and salt washes but it's never got better. Then we noticed a massive swelling on her foot. As well as that she's got a sore on each foot, we cleaned...
more pictures, still not the best though! sorry guys..
d; "blondie"
b; "Elvis 1"
g; "Girly Elvis"
h, i, j, or k they all look the same so i dont know which one is which..
well i thought that if they dont have a hole they'll still have a lot of moisture? i also thought that they shrink wrapped because of the hole? like it became like a vacuum, thats why when my eggs pipped i wouldnt open the incubator until they were all out, only on the first hatch i opened it...
These 13 chicks are 9 weeks old next week and we're not sure what breed they are. We got them from a rare breeds sale so they should be pure breeds! We're also not 100% sure what sex they are so any ideas on that too? Many thanks!
a; "coloured"
b; "Elvis 1"
c; "Elvis 2"
d; "Blondie"
e...
okay so i have 6 survived out of 8 so far, i had 4 in the brooder and 3 in the incubator drying and 1 hatching. then two of the chicks in the incubator died for some reason im thinking they got too cold for some reason. so we took the remaining chick and put in the brooder, we have now named her...