I have 3 beautiful light brahma roosters, 1 buff brahma rooster, and 1 lemon cuckoo orpington rooster. They are all easily handled by me and my girls. We just have too many roosters to hen ratio. These guys are about 10 months old. They were all hatched at my house and vaccinated for mareks at...
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I hatched out 3 faverolles chicks from shipped eggs. They are about 2 months old now., 2 males, 1 female. 2 weeks ago one of the males displayed what appears to be wry neck.
He has his neck twisted to the right hanging in front of him. So when you look at him, you see the underside of his...
I am on day 22 of hatching faverolles. This morning I had one egg internally pip. I'm not sure how long it had been that way. The egg still has not externally pipped. I can still hear the chick peeping. I haven't had a delay like this from internal to external pip. How long is it supposed to...
I am hatching faverolles chicks for the first time. The first chick hatched and the last 2 toes look like they are still fused together. Is this normal?
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I'm sure this is a stupid question, but is it normal for chicks to peck at each other while hatching? Last hatch the first chick to hatch pecked at the other eggs while they were pipping/zipping, and then after they hatched. The chicks that were pecked made noises like they were hurt. I...
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I am incubating eggs for the first time. I'm on day 18 and ready for locked down for 6 orpington eggs. They all are actively moving around. I weighed my eggs prior to incubating them and last night the average weight loss was 9.5%. My question is, should I keep the humidity down because...