My Pumpkin Hulsey hens recently started laying good so I collected a batch of eggs and started incubating them. In the meantime my hens are still laying and I keep collecting the eggs daily. I guess my question is how long will my fertile hatching eggs stay fertile. I keep them undisturbed at...
I have one drake Magpie,1 drake Peking, 1 hen Cayuga and 1 hen that I believe to be a Kahki Campbell. Not sure.I will gladly trade these for a bag of feed. I am NW of Oklahoma City. Will not ship
I am losing chickens to what appears to be a respiratory disease. The birds are coughing sneezing and the eyes are crusty and appear to be bubbling and swollen. I have a mixed flock and as of rite now the only birds with any symptoms or deaths is a group of easter egger silkie crosses I hatched...
Got a quick question. If I am looking to breed a certain trait into my line of birds, should the hen or rooster carry the specific trait I'm trying to breed in? Which parent would have the best chance of carrying over the desired trait?
Had this bird since late last spring early summer. He came from Atwoods, so I guess that mean he came from Ideal poultry. I say he cause I assu[/IMG]me its a rooster.
I have a sick Hulsey hen. She was fine last evening but today she cant walk hardly at all and you can see her legs trembling. You can actually feel her shaking when you pick her up. Her tail is down her poop is watery. Keeps going to the waterer and drinking very often. Any advice would be...
Had 6 silkie easter egger cross eggs in the incubator and 5 have now hatched. The last egg is moving every once in a while but the chick still has not pipped through the shell. By my count tomorrow was hatch day but they all hatched today but one. How long before I should worry about the last egg?
Got 4 austrolrps and 1 silkie hen that produce eggs daily since spring began, then one day one went broody and I used her in another pen to hatch eggs. My other hens quit laying and another went broody sitting on nothing. I have since added the brood hen back and got the broodiness to stop, but...
Got this chicken at Atwoods in a bin marked black breasted red malays and red cubalaya. Got one thats is malay and this one that to me doesnt look like either breed.[/IMG]
I have a sick bantam this morning. Dont know whats wrong with her. She was fine last night and this morning she cant stand or walk. Wont even try. The other chickens seem to be fine and kept messing with her so my wife put her in a pen by herself. Anyone have some advice on what care I should...
Ordered a dozen pumpkin hulsey eggs from Gabbard farms. Took a while for them to fill the order, about 20+ days. Got the eggs, shipped 13 and they all made the trip. I put these under a proven brood hen and only got 2 chicks. Kind of a disappointment. Anyone know of a better place to get pumpkin...
My brood hen hatched out a couple pumpkin hulsey chicks and tossed them out of the nest box. I put them back in the nest and she grabbed them by the wing and tossed them out again. Never seen this before. Anyone know why this happened? Still sitting on eggs but I think they are no good.