Ok I have three royal palm poults that I hatched 2 weeks ago. Everything has been fine, they are happy normal little ones. Then last night I noticed one chirping constantly. I went over and watched for a little while and things seemed fine. Today I noticed one of it's eyes looks...
ok here is the problem: I have a 11-12 wk old SLW that has been sick since last saturday. She acts as if she needs to throw up, like a jerking head movement, but nothing comes out. So starting on Sat. when she started this I have been giving her ACV and just regular chick starter. Sunday I was...
OK, here are the facts:
11 week old speckled sussex, hatched by me, never been on ground only with chicks that hatched with her, still in brooder(3 chicks total), eating and drinking fine, poop falls through cracks of wire, but nothing in the catch box that looks bloody or runny. She is feed...
Hi, can anyone tell me where I can find and download the owners manual for a sportsman 800 incubator? My sweet uncle is giving me two of them but he doesn't have the books for them.... I'm soooo very excited but going from my hovubators to something this big is a little bit scarey!!
Hi, I have two Eastern Wild Turkey Toms that I hatched last year. We thought we were lucky enough to have one of each... well the smaller one is now drumming!!lol!! So I was looking for someone that may have too many hens that needs a tom, we could trade or I would just purchase if that's the...
Hi, I just hatched my first round of SLW. The parents were ordered and marked so I could tell the roos. I've read that being rosecombed can make it a little harder to tell, but does anyone have any other signs to look for in this breed? Can you tell early with these guys or not until the typical...
Hi, can someone tell me if horse feed will hurt chickens? I mix scratch and layer pellets in one can for my feed. I was trying to find a cheaper way to cut the pellets. A lady at the feed store asked me if I had thought about feeding horse feed. I was not sure so I thought I'd ask you guys!!
My...
Hello everyone! I live near Wilmington, NC. I have two Royal Plam poults for sale and plenty of chicks! The poults are a week old for $9.00.
I have chicks from 1 week to around 13 weeks old. Some are mixed chicks but some are RIR and Buff Orphs. A couple are sex links. (RIR/BR) They range from...
I have 5 turkeys that hatched last night and today. They are all doing fine except one. Here's the problem:
- born 3 days before "due"
- pipped and worked for a while but had to be helped b/c he was drying in the shell
- after helping him out I let him lay there overnight, he became stuck to...
Ok, I know this sounds dumb, but... I have two Pekins they are a year old. I was pretty sure they were both male, they both have a curved feather...
So, for about the last 2 weeks or so one of the seems to be trying to mate with the other one. They wrestle around in the pool, and he bites onto...
Hi, I hope I'm posting this in the right spot, I have finally started to get guniea eggs. I have stuff in my incubator right now so my question is, do guniea eggs keep the 5-7 days like chickens? Also, they are 28 days to hatch right, and the temps, humidity is just like chickens correct? I hate...
I am over excited! I have one BO and one standard white cochin. Both breeds I have read that like to go broody. Well it has never happened for me until now. My cochin has been sitting in a nest for about 3 days. We have checked non-stop to be sure, she has gotten up to eat and goes right back in...
Ok, so I went to pick up some turkey eggs yesterday. The lady that I bought them from was very sweet. She left them out for me since she wasn't going to be home. She put a duck egg in there free for me, just to be nice!
The problem-- I have no idea how to incubate it, or even what kind it is...
Ok, I know this is a bad subject buy I have a couple of chicks that I need to cull, as bad as I hate the thought of it. I read on here somewhere about putting them in a container and letting them breath vapors. I remember one thing being ether, but was the other by mixing vinegar and baking...
Has anyone ever hatched/incubated turkey and chicken eggs together? I have a hovubator and have been getting good hatches, I would like to do a few turkey eggs, but do not want to incubate just 4-6 eggs at a time when it holds so many more!!!
If I used egg cartons to hatch the chicks so they...
Does anyone know much about guinea eggs? I have two pair of guineas they are about 9-10 mos old, we've had them since they were babies. When will they start to lay? Will it be clear which eggs are theirs and which are the chickens? They are pinned together and do not roam w/o supervision. Thanks...
I am concerned that my 2 week old chicks may have mites/lice. They seem to scratch themselves a lot and have some white flakes on them. They have not been with any other chickens, I hatched them in the house and they are still in here! I have added shavings to the brooder that were stored in the...
I hope I've got this picture thing done right!
This is Ferguson, he is my favorite chicken! I am sure he is a mix, but I
thought I'd ask if anyone may know what kind of mix he may be!!
Thanks!!