Don't give up yet! I hope that works! Does your coop have proper ventilation? That may be one of the causes for the respiratory symptoms... just naming possibilities...
I do not know what may have infected them but I do suggest you take them to a local avian vet to be diagnosed and treated. It seems like you have a serious problem here!
Whether or not you keep a rooster in your flock is up to you. If you want fertile eggs, you must have a rooster, however, you do not have to have a rooster in your flock to have eggs. Roosters will begin to act aggressive in some ways in order to protect their hens. They may become braver and...
Oh my flippin' gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES! When I saw this post i was like 'chickens and the hunger games... I love this website!'
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This is normal behavior for a chicken. Chickens like to lay in tight spaces so I wouldn't recommend you cutting out the dividers, Also, hens tend to lay in the same place as others and where eggs are already layed. If you would like to attempt to change this, you can put golf 's balls and dummy...
Seeing as it rarely snows more than an inch here in my part of North Carolina, I think my chickens are exited... and cold
This is just the beginning of my quail pen but I was rudely interrupted by the snow
My coop and chickens enjoying the snow!
My dog laying out in the snow! She is a...
I usually go with the thermometers that are at egg level, especially if there is three. There is a lot of people who says that this happens and usually the response is trust the thermometers not built into the incubator!
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How old was Silver? If she was an older bird it may have been caused by old age and it may have been her time to go. I walked into my coop one morning to find one of my favorite hens, Sassy, dead on the floor. She was about 4-5 years old so it was just her time to go. Other than that, I don't know.
Yes, they must be fertile in order to hatch. You cannot tell whether or not an egg is fertile just by looking at it, however, after about 5-8 days in the incubator you can tell if the egg is fertile or not by candling the egg. If you have an older rooster in the flock, the chances of you having...