hi i was checking on my broody bantys last Pm when i noticed that one of the little black hens that was not broody was sneezing i suspected kennel cough maybe but coop is fairly clean. My buddy returned this Am to open coop door and found her dead on her back with feathers picked off her belly...
hi all I'm new here on the chicken scene. i started my first clutch of 24 redchicken eggs on june 1st @ midnight. I candled @ 7 &14th days and removed about 50 % that were not fertile or development had stopped. I have been turning 3x daily manually and stopped on 18th day Here I am on day 21...