I have a 1 year old frizzle rooster and I noticed a few days ago that one of his wattles had a stone sized lump at its base. I came out this morning and saw that his wattle had swollen futher and turned black where the lump had began. It is now swollen to the point of his eye closing. He seems...
I have a broody and her eggs are due to hatch today. Two days ago I checked the eggs under her and noticed they really stunk. Came to the conclution that one had rotted and exploded under her. I candled the remaining eggs and could see air cell and mass of chick in all. As they are due to hatch...
I have hatched a batch of 17 silkie chicks. One of them is holding its head slightly twisted to the right. It seems healthy in every other way and is eating and drinking fine. Does anyone know what this is and if i can do anything to help it?
I have a broody that is sitting on 10 eggs. Yesterday morning she jumped off them and had her daily feed and toilet break. When I went back up to the house she was still feeding. I headed down about three hours later and she was back in the nest, but not her own. She had decided to sit on...
Ok, i'm a little confused. Every site I have visited on incubating eggs says something different about humidity. One says 45-50% another 50-55% another 60-65% for first 18 days. Is one the only right one or is it a matter of what sort of incubator you trial and error (what works for you) etc. My...