Baby is pushed totaly away from mom but is almost halfway out of shell and breathing with a bit of wiggling. Is it dying? Does she know something i do not? Do i intervene or leave it? Hetlp me please!!!
So now that she has successfully hatched out at least two babies....what do i do? Two babies were dead and pushed away when i arrived, two are peeping and curious under her wing and one egg is still under there. Mama has not left the nest yet. I gave her some food but it is layer feed. The...
I spent the day away from home yesterday. When we got back the chickens had put themselves up. The rooster was huddled on the floor with his butt hanging part way out the door. He did not move when I picked him up and put him on the roost with the others. I checked him again in the night and he...
I got all my chicks at the same time near the beginning of March. So they are roughly 22 weeks old. This is a rhode island red. I have a few more pics if needed. There has been no crowing at all but this guy looks nothing like the two other RIRs I have. Got to be a roo right?
So I have been waiting so long to find an egg....the girls have been squatting and singing with red combs and wattles for weeks. It was taking longer than my last batch by quite a bit and I began to suspect an egg eater because I just felt so baffled. Well this morning they were all caring on...