I have lost a total of 4 adult bantams and 2 chicks in 3 days. On sunday i noticed something had dug about 2 inches under a small
half inch wire covered brooder and got a hen and 2 chicks. Then sometime between last night and this evening i went to check my
other large 2x4 wire covered pen and...
i purchased 6 oegb hatching eggs and i have oegb hens that usually go broody just fine and i never have had any trouble with them but since these were paid for i just want to get it right. my question is should i just place all 6 eggs in the nest box at one time and hope she sets on them or a...
i only had 1 chick to hatch so far and cant afford to make any mistakes. when will the chick start eating? what temperature do i need? and any advice would be greatly appreciated
My hen give up at day 20 due to mites and i caught it that night put it under a eat lamp and today was day 23 i was giving up and cracked one and a chick was inside and it had a heart beat. i had 18 eggs to many i know now but how long can it take? the chick was fully developed even had...
what went wrong?
this was my first time, hen started setting 3-15 or 3-16 on 18 eggs in homemade nest box inside of coop. i never bothered her except just to peek in while she would come out to eat and the occasional egg count. i thought 4-6 (tomorrow) would be hatch day but...
very mild winter here in NC and my hens never quit laying and i want some chicks soon. to my knowledge old english game bantams are broody. what can i do
should small bantams have problems eating pellets?
i have oegb and use a 10lb plastic hanging feeder from tractor supply. my chickens knock crumbles onto the ground that are wasted and messy so i just switched them to pelltets last week. i have noticed a drop in the feeder, but it looks...
my flock: 1blk male, 1 blk female, 1 wbt female jap bantam........ 1 blk female OEG bantam....... a pair silver seabrights, and 1 free range americauna roo. all 6 six bantams in a 6'x18' covered pen. just got oeg and seabrights at auction maybe get a couple pics tomorow
edit thought the...