Okay yesterday my sister saved a baby chick from her dog, the thing is she lives in town so for me its kinda hard to believe that there were chicks there, she said she even saw more. The chick is real small and I want to know what type it is.
So Definitely took out the two older eggs she had, no chicks. well, theyre was some development but looks like they died within the first week.
I think I'm going go ahead and crack the rest of her eggs, they are on day 22 and still no pips...
ETA: just cracked upon all five other eggs, all...
okay so today was day 21 for my broody, she is setting on seven eggs, so far so good. but still no chicks hatching! does it sometimes take an extra day or is there a bigger problem?
thanks!
The buff orps have a higher chance of going broody, but any of the other breeds you have could go broody too, but that just depends on chance. maybe you could buy or borrow a silkie to do some hatching?
sorry to say I never got the chance to candle them... gotta confess I went to the midnight showing of transformers instead.. bad chicken mommy right? haha
I will for sure be candling tonight though...
Haha Im kinda an "old-timer" at the whole chicken raising thing.. but I'm still impatient as to when my newer girls will start to lay... I have three buff orps & I RIR that will be fifteen weeks tommorow. When did yours start to lay?
Yeah I really want to know HOW the showing is done... cause I know for cattle you have to lead the steer around, and set up his feet and such... But I'm sure that ain't the way it is for chickens.
Okay I have two nigerian does that I'll be showing in an upcoming fair, and I need to get them prepped.
By trimming their hooves, dusting for lice, fleas, and mites, and deworming them.
I know I can get all the items I need to do these things with at the local feed store, but I want to know what...