My guinea got caught in a coyote trap. Compound fracture, hanging by a little bit of skin and flesh. I splinted and bandaged in hopes of saving the leg. Changed the bandages tonight and I'm pretty sure the leg isn't salvageable. Vet isn't an option, but I'm going to call around tomorrow...
My BLRW roo died sometime in the last few days (I was out of town). I think he either choked on the food or got an impacted crop.
Anyway I have been trying to raise this breed forever and I need to do an emergency hatch. I gathered up the eggs, 12 of them most several days old. I know I won't...
I candled my last egg last night to see if it was viable. I could tell the chick had shrink wrapped. I scored the shell and broke a small hole in the air cell. I saw some movement but couldn't see the beak so I didn't dare break the membrane. I added more water and put the egg in a cup lined in...
Does anyone here use a reptipro 6000? What is your opinion on it?
I have had failure after failure with my farm innovators incubator. The thermometer/hydrometer is junk. It will not hold a steady temp or humidity and am lucky to get 1 or two chicks a year. I want something with a large...
I want to try to hatch some duck eggs along with my chicken eggs. I can do that right? All of them in one incubator, set on the same day. The ducks should be fine because they hatch out so much later than the chicks, correct? I want to make sure I give everyone as much of a chance to hatch as I...
Anyone want to join me?
I am incubating a mixed hatch from my flock. I have a naked neck, an auracauna, a black australorpe, two BLRW's, a RIR, a buff orp. a barred rock, two cochins and two SLW's. I have two roosters, a BLRW and a Wyandotte/cochin mix. Should be fun to see what I get if any.
FROM FIELD TRIP!!! No one told the kids they weren't allowed to bring back chicks from the local feed store so several of them bought chicks. This one is a clean legged banty. Any guesses on breed?
I have not had my incubator out in a year and have forgotten pretty much everything, lol. I would like to attempt a dry hatch, but I don't remember what I should do or when. Do I just leave the bator alone, no water at all until lock down? Then up to what humidity? 50%?
I live in the desert and...
How long after an egg pips internally should it hatch? I have one that was moving around and had piped internally last night but still hasn't hatched.
This seems to be a reoccuring problem for me, my eggs progress very well until the last day or two and then die, not sure what I am doing wrong.
I have attempted to incubate eggs twice now, once last year and once this year with very poor results. The first try I had 22 eggs in the bator and two hatched....five days late. I am pretty sure the thermometer I was going with was wrong. This time I trusted the thermometer that is built into...
I candled my eggs today and they seem to be very behind in developent. They should be on day 16 but appear to be more in line with a day 11 or 12 egg. I can see movement in some of them so I know they are alive, but should I just keep an eye on them and put them on lockdown according to date or...
For those that do webcams...what equipment do you use? how do you hook it up? What would I need to set one up? Complete tech idiot here, use small words please.
Just a pest! He and his herd ate 30 lbs of chicken feed in an hour or so.You can even see some of it still on his nose. He's not afraid of me, he's not even afraid of snowballs.
I was half asleep at midnight when I heard some rattling in the chicken coop. Thinking it was just the deer eating the feed again, I ignored it. Until I heard one of my hens panic. I flipped on the porch light and ran out in time to see a large skunk fleeing my yard. I went back inside, got a...
I only got two out of my hatch and I think I have one hen and one rooster.
This ^^ is Shadow and she really looks like a hen to me.
This ^^^ is Phoenix and I think he's a rooster.
Phoenix on the left and Shadow on the right.
Chicken Math strikes again. I got a phone call today from someone who needed a new home for these hens by tonight. I already have 17, what's two more? I was told they were molting but when I got them, those necks look awful red to me. They are also fully feathered everywhere else. Are they...
My flock caught a cold and are on antibiotics. I am pretty sure I can't eat the eggs, but I was curious if I could incubate them. Does anyone have information on this?
I just got home from vacation and my son came in to tell me the chickens weren't right. I ran out and at least two of them seem to be having trouble breathing. My cochin rooster and my black australorpe hen are both making occasional noises like they have water in their lungs. The rooster stands...
I had a horrible hatch rate (2 out of 22) and because the two that hatched were three days late, I am thinking my temp was too low. How do I calibrate a thermometer and a hydrometer. Do you suggest having several of each and just taking an average? I want to try again but I don't want to have so...
I have been having a lot of fun watching some chicks hatch via webcam. The two I were watching are all done now and I was wondering who else uses webcams to keep an eye on the eggs? If anyone would be willing to post links to your webcams, I would love it and I am sure others will too.