I have a single pet house hen that I hatched from an egg around 7 months ago. She's been laying eggs for about a month but stopped a week ago. She's become pretty aggressive and has taken over the dog's bed as her new nest and growls at anyone that comes near - but she has no eggs and has...
Or is it still too early to tell? I was hoping for a female, but lately there have been a few signs and I'm not so sure. First and most obvious is the big, swept back mohawk, but it's still new and coming in and I don't know it will stay that way? But also when I let 'him' mingle with my quail...
4 days ago I had a dozen+ coturnix chicks hatch. They were all quite healthy and strong, no problems with the hatch at all. They all came out quick and lively. Today I've lost 3 chicks quite suddenly in the span of about 3 hours. They lay down to sleep(?) and just fade away. At the end they...
A few weeks ago I ordered Cochin hatching eggs from 2 different sources. When the eggs arrived, one egg in one of the delivery boxes was broken and had leaked on the other eggs. I carefully wiped them the best I could with a paper towel and set all the eggs to hatch at the same time along with...
Hi everyone - I started my very first hatch ever (4 Cortunix Quail eggs I ordered from the back of a magazine ) on April 29 at 2:45pm. I'm using one of those Chickabators that I've come to learn aren't so great, but I've been very diligent in turning, temp and humidity and I had my first egg...