We have had quite the cold one up here in the Endless Mountains region. Because of this our sweet rooster has suffered frost bite to both his feet. One foot is curled and slowly turning black. The other has toes starting to turn black and unnaturally yellow. He's such a sweet boy and we do not...
Our favorite rooster and only silkie rooster was attacked by my dog today. Yes my dog. I'm heartbroken. The poor guy doesn't seem like hes going to make it. He lost a wing totally and has a bit on his head. He's still breathing but eyes closed. I feel like I should have my husband put him...
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since about 6 last night till now, we had a duckling who was hatching. In the past, when the shell starts to dry around the chick we peel it off. iT'S SAVED SEVERAL LIVES, AS THIS CONDITION KILLS. I did so for our ducky and she was fine. i just had to help her hatch all the way. she was...
I have shipped cayuga duck eggs on day 31 but just candled again (before giving up on the hatch) and saw movement in 7. Not sure on 1. We use a little giant still air. Had an auto turner that we took out a few days before day 28. Temp has been right about 99.5. Let it go down a little for...
I have many curious two month old pullets living in our barn/shed currently. One of our barred rocks has been wasting away, growing slimmer ever day. She is plenty interested food and seems to be drinking fine. I cannot feel her gizzard so she isn't stuck there. She is constantly having an...
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Yesterday we decided to add on to our flock. We brought home 8 healthy baby chicks. My sister was holding one of the silkies and dropped her. The chick looked fine but then we noticed hobbling. Her toe was curled slightly but she could walk fine. I clipped some tooth picks to the size of her toe...
Oh our chicken is backed up she might be egg bound but her croup is stiff too. her chest area feels backed up whats wrong please help oh help us plaese
I went to buy a silkie chick from someone and got suckered into buying it a buddy too. We took a chance and the buddy turned out to be a rooster. We have since found some silkie buddies but need a new home for this guy. He will be too big to keep in with the silkies...he already tries to hop...
I have a buff cochin, Angel, that got attacked by a fox today. I ran out and scared it off and it dropped her but left a big wound on her back. It's been several hours now and she is not sounding too great. She looks very alert and is walking around but has a raspy sound. The wounds is the...
We just moved to a house out in the country and relocated our chickens with us. The neighbors have a dog that has been visiting and playing with our two dogs. It was pretty cute until she decided to chase our whole flock and almost kill our rooster. I don't know how he survived actually...I...
I have a Jersey Giant that my daughter didn't realize wasn't in the coop one night last week when she locked the chickens up for the night. The temps went down around 17 degrees that night and the poor guy just kept banging his body into the coop all night and gave himself a pretty good head...
I have a hen that disappeared for awhile. We thought she had been eaten by something but then reappeared. We ended up figuring out she had made herself a nest under our deck and had about 16 eggs or so underneath her. Today she hatched a few. It is freezing cold here now (south central...
OVer a week ago we had one of our barred rock hens and one of our jersey giant roos go missing at bedtime. The next morning there they were outside of the coop. WE were so excited...we thought a hawk had got them. So the next night they were there but the following just the hen was gone...
My hatch started Thurs night and had 3 fully hatch by last night. Two more had pipped by early evening yesterday and this morning nothing else had happened. I had incubated one time previously but only ended up with 3 of 6 hatch and knew that all 7 had developed fully this time by my last...
I am soooo confused. I have been reading reading reading and don't know what to listen to...so I am turning to you all for advice on my specific incubator. I have had 3 of 7 jersey giants hatch w/the humidity being around 70%. It's been up the past few hrs to 76% but now is down to 72%...
Here are my two little bantams that we got from an assorted bantam box at ORchelyn Farm and Home last week. Can you all give me some ideas as to what they may be???
first chick..storm cloud
This one is blurry but shows how puffy his cheeks are...
second chick sunshine
here's a pic of...
I have had two temp spikes up to 102 over the past two days...I don't know what is wrong w/the incubator...it's an LG. It also dipped down to 98.5 a few times. I think I've caught it relatively quickly each time but am worried. Do you think I may have lost the chicks. I am not very good...