Perhaps it had already started to incubate before shipping or during if warm in transit. Maybe it got "scrambled" inside from too much rough handling along the way. Do all the eggs appear that way or just the one ?
LOL, have to agree a good broody is worth her weight in gold. I have had various types of incubators over the years and nothing has ever topped my broody gal.
...I have no idea what I did with that attachment but it was not for me.
I watched a youtube video of the picwik plucker online and the first thing I thought of was OMG I would drop the bird and the whole thing would jam up. Not to mention I can't see me wearing a slicker in 90* weather...lol.
The hummers were late showing up this year in my yard. I had the feeder out for weeks before I saw any, I was actually starting to get worried. I keep my feeders up until we have frost on a steady basis, I worry about stragglers.
Great job!!!
I confess once I had a broody who had gotten under the coop and had been squirreling away eggs, I dressed one of the kids in coveralls and sent them in under the coop to fetch her and her eggs out. The coop stood about 2 foot off the ground but I thought I had blocked it off well...
If you think she is egg bound I would give her a warm bath. Just make sure she doesn't catch a chill.
Could it be she has gotten too much medication and it's making her feel droopy ? How is her breathing ? I would add some apple cider vinegar to the water, probably couldn't hurt. A bit...
When I had a larger flock I use to sell eggs. Since I live in the country there are signs everywhere along the road EGGS FOR SALE. I never thought to sell duck eggs until a neighbor came over one day and asked if she could get some off of me for noodles. Said she loved to use duck eggs when...
I've seen a flock literally tear a chick apart, once there is blood the frenzy begins.
I normally put newbies in a pen next to the coop or run for a while so they are use to seeing them. Then I try to move the set up inside the run. Even if my flock free ranges they still come back to the...
I had a sex link hen that was a major bully and she would pluck feathers out of the other gals and chase them . She seemed to go from one to another depending on her mood. In my current situation I am not allowed to have a roo and I think that was part of the problem. This is the first time I...