Hello, bestest chickiepeeps! I set some of my baby hopefuls a wee bit too late (on 3/31). Can I still be counted in?
I set 15 paint silkie eggs and 9 mixed color silkie eggs, shipped from different breeders. Paints from my favorite breeder in NY, mixed from FL, I'm in CO.
My first candling on...
Heyyy we are going to have peeps around the same time! I set my silkie eggs on 3/31 late at night! I set paint and assorted color silkies. Candled today and have 12 healthy embryos. Here's to happy healthy floofpeeps for us soon! :wee:jumpy:love
Late, but I just gotta chime in! I can't pick just one. I have been enamored with my Ayam Cemani and Jubilee Orpingtons, Coronation Sussex, but am currently obsessed with paint silkies and SERAMAS! Those little roos are just so handsome and regal, and so so sweet.
You can likely help them! NUTRI-DRENCH is a life-saver, literally! Dip a Q tip in it or a dropper and touch to the top of baby's beak so a tiny bit gets in their mouth. GLUCOSE TABS: dissolve in a small amount of hot water and make a slurry and put some in baby's beak also. SAV-A-CHICK is good...
Oh dear, I missed out in the April fools fun! Since we can still comment though may I oresent to you what I would have said? I do ever so love my username since hennies have stolen my heart good and proper, but just to squeeze in on this LOLthread, how bout RoosInMyHeartToo? :D I love this board...
We have been looking for a new kitten for over a year now, and all the shelters are now charging $200 per kitten. It used to be that the shelters would have springtime deals and even giveaways due to so many unplanned litters, but the aggressive spay/neuter stuff seems to be making it to the...
She is so beautiful. I am heartbroken to learn she has developed CHF. If you feel you'd like to drain the ascites to make her more comfortable, there are tutorials around here and how-to videos on YouTube as well. Above all, it's so hard to see our featherkids suffer. Love and light to you and...
What a beautiful bird! <3 How bad was the fighting? How many pullets/hens per cockerel? These factors may influence how to proceed. Multiple cocks can live together; they will fight but establish a hierarchy soon enough. As long as it doesn't get brutal I'd let them work it out. If the fighting...
...receptors as we do; they 100% experience pain and fear and they can and do suffer! THIS VIDEO IS DISGUSTING! I mean, that was sadistic torture and f*** the person who did that! I am so angry! Poor chickie!
PLEASE everyone report this video for animal cruelty! Awful! WE ARE TALKING MINUTES of...
Your mama hennie may have had different ages of eggs under her, and it is also possible that another hen laid a fertile egg and she took it. Broodies can have days between embryo ages for this reason! The baby may still be okay but depending on how much shell came off, keep an eye on mama. She...
:welcome! We're happy you've joined our flock! :) Chickens are AMAZING pets and your son is sure to fall in love with them. Many people keep chickens for companionship alone and the eggs and bug hunting are just side benefits. :love
If you don't mind sharing, what was your breeding experience like? Why did you decide to get out of them? I am shocked to see how cheap you sold your chicks for as they are supposed to be worth a lot!
I know this is 5 years old but...what happened? I have an Ayam Cemani embryo with the same issue! Anyone else have experience with visible fluid in the membrane of their eggs at lockdown? I've lost chicks to drowning in the past, and don't want to go through it again! This is the only baby to...
I am very sad to hear all of the hardships you have been having. Please don't be discouraged; consider all of this as experience which will help you from here forward.
The cold, hard truth is that this hen should NEVER be trusted with babies ever again. Some hens make poor mothers and that...
Weeks old, yes. Months old? Never heard of this being successful. If you have an incubator, maybe do an experiment!
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/How-long-can-eggs-be-left-outside-once-theyve-H162.aspx