I have read a lot of stories about impacted crop, sour crop and I wonder what causes this?? Am I Just Lucky?? I have been raising chickens for over 50 years----some times with 100 to 200, some times with 3 or 400, and have had over 1200 for a while. I have never had crop impaction, or sour crop...
Anyone done any research on feeding bread to your chickens. Heard all about crop impaction?? We all know layers need good feed to lay good so we will feed them a little bread. How about some roosters---how much bread is to much bread for them?? I might be coming into a decent amount of bread...
I know we have many Hands--on---Hatchers on here that have learned what to do to have a good hatch and I am happy for them.
I have mentioned many times that I have family and friends that had the worst luck when opening the incubator during the hatch---real low hatch %----even myself in the...
I got some fresh Muscovy fertile eggs tonight and I would Love to hatch them---- I am wondering if some of you that has some experience and a good hatch % with these would mind leading me in the right direction? Thanks
The chicks are hatching in my hatcher----4 trays with alot of eggs----can you believe I did not count them as I put them in----I would say 100+ eggs, but there is so many hatching that I can not see if all the eggs have hatched or not-----so They will spend night 21 in the hatcher-----I will get...
Hello Everyone. I found this site yesterday and have been reading alot of the post and find this site very interesting. I have about 60 chickens and have been "messing" with chickens most all my life(born in 1955). Some times I have a few, sometimes a 114(my most).