I have an EE...not sure anymore, thought pullet, but looks like its a roo. For a while now its looked like it was blind, I noticed these, they're almost like holes in the pupil and they have a whiteness to them. I thought maybe eye worms, but these white spots look like they're inside the eye...
My favorite chick has been flopping around the last 2 days. At first she just had her foot curled up and was walking on her haunches, now she just flops around. She is still eating and drinking, but i'm note sure if she can see. I put my finger close to her her eye and she doesn't...
Does anyone know the costs of getting NPIP cerftified in California? I've found information on some Ca poultry board but you have to email some lady to get info, like its so difficult to just have a webpage with the information. I just think its a little weird that its not run through a state...
Note to self: that thing that you think chicks won't do, they'll do it, all of them.
So i built my incubator and ended up leaving a little gap between my wire basket and the wall. I thought nothing of it, till i realized that i had laided the thermometer down to read it easier...creating a...
Hi, this is my first batch of eggs and i just candled some eggs that came via post office, they we're rough on them. I have 10 ee and a doz marans. The marans we're too dark to see anything, but all the EE have detacted air cells except one that is all dark except for the air cell which...
alright, I'm about to put my first batch of eggs into a brand new incubator i built. I have 2 25w bulbs with a water heater thermostat in between them and a pretty strong fan blowing in there. I just want to know if that fluctuation is ok, 97 degrees up to 102... I want to say it takes about...
Hi everyone, I'm looking at breeds and trying to decided if i need to get something that can resist the cold. I know i need a heat resistant bird as it is often in the 3 digits here and sometimes 110+, but in the winter its common to be in the 30s all day and night long (i've seen a day where...
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I'm Tom and i want to have chickens. I live in Sanger, CA in Fresno County, rich rich ag land here however, chickens are not allowed in cit.y limits, turns out the people in Fresno are having the same problem. I'm just a little to ....chicken to risk it, so I will be living vicariously...