She can walk just fine, but her toes are curled under just a bit. I tried taping her foot and immediately the mamma tried pecking her foot off! What do I do??!!
I have the eggs under a heat lamp...but I don't know how hot (99 seems too hot) they should be while we're waiting for them to hatch. I have a thermometer and it hasn't gone above 99.
The eggs FEEL too hot and I'm worried we might be baking them!! We moved the heat lamp away just now to give...
We have a broody mamma who has been for quite some time. We decided to let her hatch some eggs right after our rooster "bit the dust" (he attacked our 4 yr old daughter...so that was the end of him). We checked on her this morning and another hen had gotten into her nest and probably suffocated...
Hi there,
I found one of my Americauana hens on the floor of the coop this morning, barely alive. She was laying on her stomach, legs underneath her and her head curled under. I thought she was just sleeping at first, but realized that she wasn't laying down in a natural position. Her eyes...