I'm looking for information on breeding my flock. I want to know what I'll end up with by crossing my black australorp rooster with my Americauna hens, and production red hens. Egg color-wise, would the babies hatched from the Americauna hens also lay blue/green eggs? If I cross an Americauna...
I have a hen with a possible respiratory illness? (bubbly eye, rattling sound when breathing, messy bottom). I'm new at chicken keeping, and have no idea what to do for her. I did separate her from the rest of the flock. I gave her some electrolyte/probiotic water. Should I give her antibiotics...
I am on day 22 of incubation. There's no peeping, no pipping, nothing yet. I have the Little Giant Still Air 9300 incubator with an automatic egg turner (which was removed day 18 for lockdown). I have consistently kept my temps (just above the eggs) at 99.5. My humidity is running around 75% now...
I purchased some RIR chicks from a local farmer. I was told they are 2 weeks old. I have other chicks (Australorps) that are 2.5 weeks. I got the Australorps at tractor supply, and they are half the size as the RIR's, and way less feathered. Does the RIR breed feather out quicker, and grow...
I am incubating chicken eggs for the first time. I just candled all the eggs in my incubator for the first fertility check (4 days). All appear to be fertile, but one egg is solid all the way through. The candling guide just stated if an egg is clear all the way through, it's not fertile. I...