ok i have 16 3 week old chicks inside in brooder. they have heat light water and pine shavings this morning i noticed some bloody poop and now this after noon there is alot more.. husband had taken them to small coop for one night but i brought them back in i am soo overprotective...what is...
we have 3 turkey hens they are 6 months old and appear to be all white...they just look awful straggly...there feathers just look so ugly i do not see any worms anywhere what can i do or feed them to help them look better, they stay with the chickens and free range when we are home
i recieved 35 eggs from a lady here that i have hatched...17 made it...which i am fine with...i have no idea what they all are so i will have to post pics...but i have a bantam yellow chick that has five toes and green legs...does anyone know what it is without pic...thanks
well to make a long story short...i have 32 guinea eggs in bator still have 9 days to go...i did not know my husband had put 6 chicken eggs in bator,20 days ago, and with the luck i have had with shipped eggs i have just really not cared and let him do the work...when i would check water there...
if anyone knows of any ee breeders in ky please let me know...had bad hatch with shipped ee (only1) and i fell in love with this breed...i will settle for ameracauna, but do love ee....
i have had 3 BO hatched yesterday, they are still not anywhere near being dry and fluffy...i had one hatch on day 19 and i moved it to brooder after 27 hours in bator, it is dry but still has some wet looking feathers, there dry they just look wet... anyways just wndering if maybe my humidity is...
ok i went home at lunch to check eggs...late and i just lost 6 frizzles monday...these are day 23.... went ahead and pipped myself because i just coudnt bear to lose anymore.. still air lg for hatcher they stayed in lg forced air for 18 days... okay to make long story short when i pipped the...
what temp did you have for hatching, mine has been fluctuating so much lately...and ugh it is full of eggs on day 21...lost all eggs monday due to temps i think...i have a great idea from bycer to fix this problem as soon as i can empty it...
my DH brought home 3 baby peachicks last night, i put them in the brooder with heat lamp and chick starter, waterer...waht else do i need to do i know nothing about peafowl.....
i went to TSC on my lunch break and they have peat moss 2.00 for a huge square, si i told them to hold me 10 until i get off work, now please correct me...if i am wrong...i put peat moss on floor then dust with DE... which i ordered today thanks to BYC... i will put food and water on blocks...
i have 6 frizzle cochin eggs in bator that i got off of ebay...friday was day 21...candled last night and there was still movement so i am going to pip them when i get home...now someone tell me how to do it correctly...has anyone done this before and what was the result in the end?
okay i have a stupid question... today is day 23....i candled last night still movement in egg... should i just wait it out, or what do i do???? no peeping...
i am new to chicken stuff and have ordered differnt eggs and chicks but i have a question for you... i really want the bigger breed of chickens, i just like bigger birds... what breed is the biggest breed... i have an idea, but i am not nearly as educated about chics as you guys....
i moved 6 frizzle eggs to the hatcher last night and i just can not hardly wait...i am going to have to stay so busy or i will be glued to the bator....saturday is day 21....
well this is my first experience with shipped eggs...out of 15 starting in bator i am moving only 5 to hatcher....the rest did not even develop.....they are frizzle bantams ordered off of ebay...i have had some fluctuations with temps..98-102 in my lg fan bator... but hopefully all will be...