Well... I'm out. :th The chick must've pipped and started cheeping earlier today, because my broody killed it. :hit I checked on her this morning when I let the other chickens out and everything was fine... came back an hour and a half later to find the egg pecked into a pancake. :he Needless to...
You're totally right about them being resilient, I just candled and the chick is definitely moving!:celebrate Now I have to play the waiting game, and it's so AGONIZING. :fl
:barnie The last couple days my darn hen has been spending SO much time off her nest. She appears to be going many hours without sitting, and it seems like even though it's been in the mid eighties that's too long for her to be taking a break. :he Multiple times the egg has been cold to the...
Well this is disappointing, but not that surprising as my flock is still pretty young. Only one of my four eggs is fertile. :barnie:barnie:barnieI really hope it hatches, but with only one egg the odds aren't astronomical. And then if it does hatch I might have to scramble around to find another...
Hey everyone! :weeI'm unexpectedly joining in with my first hatch ever. :celebrateMy BCW Polish hen Peebles went broody earlier this month and she's doing such a great job I can't bare to take them away from her. So I guess I'm having a unplanned Halloween hatch. :clapAnyways, there's four eggs...
Everyone, thank you so much for your advice. I was able to get a little water in her mouth and she has started drinking voraciously on her own. She seems to be recovering, and we will continue to monitor her closely and keep her cool.
I just went down to lock up the coop and couldn't find my Polish hen. After combing the run we discovered that she had become trapped under a plastic tub that had previously been full of water. After I let the chickens out this morning, as I was walking away I heard the tub flip but as I looked...
One of my two 7 week old Silkies has had a red comb for a long time now and is the only one of my five chicks that is showing development of the wattles. I know that Silkies usually have to be a lot older than 7 weeks to sex, but since mine has a red comb, does that mean it's a cockerel? Is the...
I don't have the rooster yet, it's what color I should get that I'm trying to figure out. Using the chicken calculator, it seems like no color that a Polish comes in will work, but then again I don't know how accurate the chicken calculator is. Do you have a suggestion for color? I'd be willing...
I am trying to plan a cross between a Golden Campine hen and a Polish rooster, with the desired outcome being offspring that are preferably gold, have a (probably small) crest, and have at least some of the Campine barring. I have fiddling around with this chicken genetic calculator...
I love Golden Campines and I also love looking at crossbreed threads, but I can't say I've seen more than three crosses that were part Campine. Google results are also scant. This makes me even more curious! :barnie So since it's eating me alive, I thought I'd just ask: does anyone here have any...
I have five chicks who are 4 weeks old. After reading about scaly leg mites, I checked out their legs and now I'm a little suspicious that they might have it. It seems like the edges of the scales are slightly raised. I don't think they looked like this a week ago, but this is my first time...
Hi everyone,
I am new to chickens and new to Silkies, so I don’t know what to do here. I wanted to own a couple good quality Silkies, so I tracked down a private breeder who claimed to have “champion” parent stock that had won multiple shows. I got two, a white and a grey. They are now 3.5...