I have a two week old baby polish and it had tried up poo opn its bottom and seems kinda weak. It can't keep up with it's siblings outside always lingers behind - so I decided to bring it inside and soaked it's bottom in warm water. The poo came off it's bottom but it doesn't seem very alert -...
My hen hatched 3 out of 12 eggs a couple of days ago - dos that mean the rest of the eggs are bad? should I take the eggs away from her and throw them away?
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My hen got off her clutch after three of her babies hatched. I guess the babies dropped to the floor from the nesting box and she left her eggs. I don't know for how long she was off the eggs, but I hadthree chicks on the ground and 9 eggs in the nesting box. I took the nine eggs out of...
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congratulations!! which one was broody, and what kind of chicks?
I had almost given up on getting a broodie hen - ans was about to throw out a dozen eggs that following weekend - when all the sudden I noticed my Black Astralorp going broodie on everybodys eggs. I put all the eggs...
I came home today and found three baby chicks on the coop floor in a little tub. She left the other 9 eggs in the nesting box and stayed with the chicks. When I got home the eggs in the nesting box were already cold but I went ahead and put them on the ground with her and she sat on them? not...
I got my first home grown three babies today - Eggs were layed September 30th and Oct. 1st - then they hatched on November 2nd chicken got broodie around the 15th of October.
Eggs were 15-16 days old before hen decided to sit on them. She sat on the eggs for about 18 days, maybe longer I just...
Mine are due to hatch November 4-5th. I have three eggs in the incubator, and a hen sitting on 13 eggs in the shed. My first time dealing with both - so this is all very new to me. Not sure if either one will actually turn out - because the incubator was like 19.95 on ebay and then hen is...
I got mine in March and now they are all steadily laying an egg a day. Sometimes they skip a day or they might be laying in a secret place that I don't know about. I have 30 chickens and right now I am averaging 5-7 eggs per day. Some of the chcikens are April chicks.
My Duck tends to lay her eggs in random places. I usually give the eggs away when I find them. She is my only girl duck- maybe I will let her go broodie in the spring. I have 4 boy ducks if anyone is interested?