In the last month I have lost 5, maybe 6 chickens. Lost 3 in one day. Don't see anything out of the ordinary. All eating and drinking. Do have rats in the coop. Could they be harming my birds?
I have havo-bator. I go into lockdown tomorrow. I cover the wire grate with rubber matting. This cut down my humidity. How can I increase it with out having to constantly check on it? I have used sponges in the past. Pls help I want a good hatch.
I know this question is asked a lot. But I'm going to ask it again. I have a homemade Styrofoam incubator. How can I increase and maintain humidity during lockdown?
I think my newborn chick has a spraddle leg. It is out to the side slightly. It hatched yesterday after breaking internal membrane 2½ days prior. It is not using the leg. Doesn't look deformed. Can I wrap it anyway? My phone won't let me upload pictures.
I moved my bantams in to my big coop on Friday. Went out yesterday and found one in the corner. I figure she is on the bottom of pecking order. I brought her in the house. Age can't/won't hold get head up. I don't want to lose her. Advice pls. I have give her electrolyte water with some starter...
I have a question regarding temp. My incubator is having trouble holding the right temp. Should I keep it a little on the cold side? I have a new thermostat coming any day now to switch it out.
Every time I go into lockdown and I remove my turner, my temp drops. Even after I adjust the thermostat as much as possible I can't get it above 96°. Does anyone know if putting a heating pad under the bator itself would help our inside under eggs.
Not sure where to put this. I need to know what you call that thing that when the hen lays the egg the egg goes down into something to prevent the chicken from pecking at them. I have a bad egg eating problem and don't want to have to cull any of them.
I have a blrw hen that has stopped laying. I think it's because she was in a coop that didn't get enough light. Should she resume She Is only about 9mths old.
I have to hens together. One is a known layer(hatched a chick from her). The other had yet to lay(a 9 month old blrw). Back I October I put in a separate coop with a young rooster. The one who was laying stopped. And the other still has not started to lay. Here is my question, Does a hen need...
Getting chicks next week from Meyer's hatchery. 16 total. 6 are for a coworker. The others are mine. A silver gray dorking pair, a blrw male, a meal maker and 6 of "Leann's adopt me" bunch. Can't wait to see my new little ones
I have a trio. Is it possible that the girls don't like each other? They are of laying age. But don't lay. Both in good health, have food and water, sunlight. Can't think of any other reason why not laying yet. One is a 10 month old br. The other is a 6 month old blrw.
Okay so this is what has been going on since September 27. All my girls stopped laying. I have 9 girls of egg laying age. Three are 1n½. The rest born between March and June this year. The older three were going through a moult. So that explains why they stopped laying. But the younger. So I...