I have incubated three batches of eggs.
I have read up on temps, humidity and everything!
Everytime I do my lockdown on day 18, I get one or two hatched on day 19, maybe another on day 20. Then NOTHING.
I have cracked the eggs after day 25 passes and almost every egg has a fully developed...
Hey y'all. I wanna add catfish feed to my chicken feed to protein. But I don't know if I should because I have some younger chickens in the coop (range 2-5 months). Would it hurt the younger chickens
See. Mine have been barely laying. But I bought some from a guy and he was supplementing with...
So.. my Americaunas just would not lay!! I tried a light.. they have free choice feed, oyster shell, and water.. they free range quite a bit as well..
Finally.. I put plastic golf balls in their laying boxes.. and yesterday.. one egg.. today another..
I hope this is a new trend.. little...
Okay.. so I worked with my dogs and for more than a month now I could let the chickens out and not worry about the dogs. They would just walk around with the chickens like they are friends. Well today I found one injured and one dead. Not even small ones!! I was just sick and depressed about...
I started with 25 bantam cochins.. Now I have almost 100.. with eggs in the incubator.
Bantam cochins
Red Laced Wyandottes
Buff Orpingtons
Americaunas
Silkies
Sizzles
Easter Eggers
Olive Eggers
I just can't say no.. started with a big grower coop.. then the old chicken coop we rebuilt.. put...
Okay. This is so weird. All I have lost since it started getting cool is buffs. All 5 of my buff Cochins and about 10 young buff orpingtons.
I have quite a few other colors and breeds of different colors.
Any thoughts?
Eyes swollen shut on 2 month old chickens. Foul smell as well. Seemed to be slow moving Hanging out under the light also.
We quarantined two just like that and one with runny looking eyes n
Any advice?
I am Angela. 33 years old, mother of 3 and a nurse. I am new to the chicken world. I have a few mixed bantams. 2 hens, w roosters and 7 chicks. I also adopted a Rhode Island Red rooster today because he was so big and pretty. I am in the process of getting started with bantam Cochins. I'm so...