I have a mini fridge in my shed where I store my eggs. When I went to get some for my niece today, I opened the door and found that the ice that had been in the upper freezer portion was all melted – and there was water all over my eggs. The eggs in styrofoam cartons seem relatively dry, but...
I know there's a whole lot of threads about this subject already, but the more I read, the more unsure I become.
I have eight silkies and 11 mixed breed (sex-links, ameraucana, etc.) chickens. I found a roundworm in a goey pile of poo the other day - I think it was about 1.5" long. Also, I can...
I have a beautiful white silkie pullet that is 5 months old who has a broken leg. She is very special to me. I am trying to decide what would be best for her.
I found her Wednesday night unable to walk. I took her to the vet this morning and we discovered she had a broken leg. He said the best...
"Here's my situation: I noticed mites (Northern Fowl) about 3 weeks ago. Treated with wood ash which seemed to do a good job. Few days later, I notice my top hen (Raven - a Black Sex Link) is not eating, has green diarrhea and a droopy tail. Then find swollen abdomen. Tried hand feeding and...
My red sex link hen, Ziggy went broody back in July, and I let her hatch some eggs for my neighbor. My neighbor and I agreed to let Ziggy be the chicks' mom, instead of making her set up a brooder, and all that. So I "leant" my chicken to my neighbor, lol.
Anyway, the chicks are old enough now...
This evening, right before my flock went in for the night, I looked over to see one of my 11-month old RIR hens "Peewee" hunched up and straining. My first thought was that she was constipated. She started to walk away from me, although still straining somewhat, so I bent over to look at her...
This is my first hatch and today is day 21 (but I set them in the evening of March 21, so I guess officially it's been 20 1/2 days). I have 11 eggs in the bator, 10 of which definitely had movement prior to lockdown. One of the eggs pipped 28 hours ago, and made the hole a little bigger 24 hours...