I have been given 2 bantams and 2 hens off a friend since she can no longer look after them, after a week, one of the bantams just has a fit and dies, after i spoke to the owner, she told me this happened with another bantam they had not long ago.
What could have caused this?? and how can i...
Her condition has just deteriorated over the last day, every time she drinks it just comes back up and dribbles out her mouth, shes stopped eating anything at all now, and isn't even walking about alot anymore
Last night, around midnight, a fox managed to get into the coop somehow, and took a bites from a few chickens, one just has a small hole and i've put antiseptic on it.
A second (dog) has a large bite on her back, and the fox has managed to tear her underneath the vent, but what has worried me...
I'm not hopful for this little chickie, but its worth a shot if i can save it
I had my first hatch of chick yesturday and today, however, one chick who piped around 26 hours ago hadn't zipped, so i decided to help it out. After freeing it from the egg after 10 minutes, it seemed to just be...
I have 5 furtile eggs in an incubator, currently on day 19, all seems normal except one which has piped and is rocking about, will this early hatcher be ok?
I'm hatching (or trying to) 6 eggs, day 21 is today, but we havn't seen much movement after incubator trouble last night, could this mean my chickies didn't make it??
( https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=340606 )
How long should i leave them in the bator (the temputure...
...on about 95F and the bulb was cold!
Please, will this have damaged my chickies? This is my first ever hatch and i'm worried that they wont hatch! please, help me!
****** Now the bator is way too hot and i can't change the thermostat to lower it!! Any ideas on how to fix this??? *************
I currently have 6 eggs in an incubator, due to hatch on monday 10th May, candled them all yesturday, 5 have developed properly as expected, however one has the airsac under the chick on the side of the egg, so this one may die during hatching or in the days leading up to it.
But im super...