Hello we have 3 Duccle hens and a roo.
We hatched two of the hens and the roo at the end of May
The other hen, we just got from a friend 2 weeks ago.
She showed her with 4h so we didn't think we needed to quarantine but I guess maybe we should though she seems healthy.
However when I went out...
We hatched one single Pekin duck last week. Today when I was handling him I noticed his butt looks like this.
It hasn't looked like this before,
Normal?
Just a boy?
A prolapse?
It's eating, drinking and pooping fine
If something is wrong what do I do?
Thanks, we are quite attached to it already
Really getting frustrated. Trying to get groups of breeding quail. We had a good group and lost a male and they won't accept another male. We even swapped two females out. I am so confused.
We have a Rosetta male that has Jumbo brown with him and any other female we have tried to introduce gets...
We hatched a batch of chicks about 6 weeks ago.
We kept 2
The one sneezes constantly and its eyes seem puffy.
I have not heard the other sneeze but it's been exposed I guess since they live together.
The sneezing one eats and drinks well but seems to breathe heavy.
I have added probiotics to...
Hello. I recently tried to post in the buy sell trade and I'm unable to. I have a 54 post count. I asked an admin for help but instead of helping he suggested I post in the forum section for help. So why can't I post a add in the BST section?
Our broody hen has eggs hatching out in our coop should I take the chicke inside to brood or leave with momma? There are 14 hens and 4 Roos in the coop
So we have a broody hen and to humor her I left the eggs in. Today I noticed 1 egg has almost hatched. But the broody hen wasn't sitting on it a Bard rock was sitting on it. So should I remove the chick after it hatched and brood it inside or leave it out with the 14 hens and 4 Roos.
After a successful hatch of chicks and another of Quail my bator went on the fritz with peafowl egg in it. Couldn't get the temp to regulate. I red and re-read the book. Called the number in the back for customer service and found out how to do a master reset. Hold plus and minus for 6 seconds...
I had lined up some local Quail eggs and the deal fell through. I know that the closer the eggs are the better but whats the farthest anyone has had eggs shipped and hatched successfully?
23 1/2 days almost 24 when this little chick hatched. It can't stand up. It walks on its elbows/knee so much it has worn the skin off. I tried to straighten the leg to splint and its real stiff. Couldn't even open to 90 deg. So I never managed to splint the legs. Maybe I should cull this one.
this little guy hatched a few hours ago and seemed to have yoke and egg shell stuck to it. The shell fell off but the yoke is drying on it and suggestion. Got another hatching so didn't want to open up the bator. Pic taken thought hole in side of incubator.
We originally started with 18 eggs. After candling we had 17. Day 21. Two chicks hatched. Day 22. Six more hatched.
Now day 23 still have 2 piping. Still hopeful for the rest. Did have power outage on day 14 for a few hours. But after 3 days of hatching the bator smells. I have removed the big...
Hello.
So its day 20 of our first attempt at hatching eggs! I have our incubator on a folding table and while setting up our brooder next to it i bumped the table and some of the eggs rolled from the center to the outer walls of the incubator. I had them numbered so I moved them back to center...
Hello. I'm wanting to get into raising quail in Delaware. I called the fish and wildlife department and I guess I'm waiting on the permit application to arrive by snail mail. For personal use I'm allowed only 25.