I have 30 eggs due to hatch this weekend all were shipped. 10 or so have saddlebag air cells. Several dip very low into the egg. I know this happens from rough handling during shipping. I have hatched a ton of eggs in my life but these saddlebags are severe. My question is: Has anyone had...
Thanks for the suggestions I always welcome input. I built this three years ago and is actually about my tenth one to do. The windows are perfect because they are lower than the roost at night and it stays about 12 to 15 degrees lower inside during the summer and in the winter it stays about 15...
Thanks for the suggestions I always welcome input. I built this three years ago and is actually about my tenth one to do. The windows are perfect because they are lower than the roost at night and it stays about 12 to 15 degrees lower inside during the summer and in the winter it stays about 15...
Hi Katrina,
Hop on YouTube and watch videos of people who have helped theirs out of the shell. It is likely that you will have to help them out of the shell, but there is a delicate window of time that is the right time. That's the tricky part. Good luck! :thumbsup
This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh...
Have a 40 week old Orp that has been very lethargic, not eating or drinking for two days, has a nasal discharge. Any ideas or suggestions?? Thank you in advance!
I live in Huntsville Alabama. This week in front of my office near downtown, a female Mallard walks across a city drain with 9 babies that are a day old in tow and they fall down in the drain. The hen stresses so bad between the babies and all the traffic she takes off and doesn't return. So I...
I have a 16 week old Orpington Pullet that has a crusty wart-like feeling lump that is in front of her nostrils and runs sown both sides of her top beak. It started out as a white spot on the right side of her beak and is slowly getting larger. It is about the size of a pencil eraser now. This...