How do I tell if my chicken's wing is broke or leg dislocated????!!! I just went out to our coop for their midday water & she was laying inside in the back corner by herself. She wont walk, barely can move her wing & the leg on her right side looks like it may be dislocated. WHAT DO I DO?!
My hubby & I are looking to redo our 15x15 run for our girls; right now we have a ladder to nowhere, 2 different kinds of swings, & quite a few perches. What we want to do is maybe put some plants around the outside as well as putting something on the ground besides just dirt. They won't let...
I just got 4 baby chicks from a friend & they have slowly been dying for no reason. They were eating and running around the first day or so & they have food, water, & clean shavings in their brooder. Then we came home sunday to 1 dead, 1 really lethargic & not hardly moving; while the other 2...
After our recent predator issues, my hubby & I decided it was time to retrace our tracks & redo our previous coup renovation. Along with predator proofing our run & coop, I decided to revamp our girls play area as well!! Here are the pics!
OH & DID I MENTION THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY & TOTALLY...
Ok oh wise incubator/hatching addicts, (lol... I say that with the most respect!)... My hubby & I are trying our hands at breading some EE's & I am trying to get our incubator set up again. Last time I hatched I believe I used the dry hatch method, but it was a while ago & I can't remember...
Someone please help!!! Something got into my coup yesterday early morning & attacked Luna, my broody Japanese Bantam Cross; && cracked open her eggs along with my silkie Sparkle's eggs she was sitting on. I am going to try & get a few pictures of the aftermath, & my poor Luna. What ever it was...
I have 2 girls that have gone broody, the first girl started sitting on her set of 3-4 eggs around 2 to 2 1/2 weeks ago (14-18 days maybe) & the second girl started roughly a week ago on 2 of her 4 & the 2nd 2 eggs about 4 days ago. Does it still take 21 days or so for the eggs to hatch if they...
Ok so my hubby & I just finished plucking, gutting, & cleaning our EE roo's. But now we aren't too sure what we want to do with them. He is saying maybe we can "quarter" them & cut off the wings & legs, but I don't know how to do that or the best way. Any suggestions?? Also what is the best way...
What should I do?! My 4 week old Dom chicks have been in our coop outside in their "growup brooder" that my hubby built them for about a week now with our heat lamp on at night from about 6pm to around 10-11am. (I live in south FL so it's pretty warm here.) But tonight it's supposed to hit 35-37...
Just wondering if any of my hatch mates from the incubating & hatching forum are on here and how their chicks are doing?! My 5 Doms are great! My boys love it when we let them run around their little gated area in our living room & we just sit & hold them each day so they get used to us. i also...
OK so I just hatched out my first set of Dominique chicks last Thurs (12/1) & I was wondering if I could get some help sexing them...
According to this http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Sexing_Dominique_chicks.html I have 2 boys (Chicks 1 & 5) & 3 girls... What do y'all think?!
Chick #1
Chick #2...
Ok well, I broke down & did a mini photo shoot tonight of my new Dominique babies! lol.. here they are!! I'm so in love! (Sorry there are so many pics. lol.)
The hatching
Dom Chick #1
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Dom Chick #2...
I'm on day 19 of incubation, day 2 of lockdown; there is no movement with my eggs. They were all developed when I closed everything up, is this normal or ok? Should I be worried? Help...
I got these 2 Japanese bantam crosses but I can't tell if they are both pullets or what. Can anyone help me?!
Juno
Luna
Juno's comb is alot bigger then Luna's is & they are both right around 6 months now...
So last night I decided just for fun I would candle my eggs... I got 5 definite growths, 2 w/ growths but smaller then the others, 2 maybe clears but not sure, & 9 that I think are clear... I wanted to share the pics that I took to see if any of y'all can tell me if I am missing something or if...
Ok now that I think my hubby & I have worked out the kinks with our homemade bator things are going great! Temp has been at a steady 99-100 & humidity nice & low since yesterday evening or so! Days 1-3 down only 15 more til lockdown (now that I know what lockdown really is, lol...) and 18 til...
For some reason the temp in our bator will be perfect for a few hours & then drop to like 95 or so. We found a quick way to bring it back up by using a heating pad on low, but my hubby accidentally left it in there & the temp got all the way up to 114!!! Is my hatch doomed now?!?!?!