This morning a baby chick hatched out of the egg.however i saw bleed and by afternoon. It came out with its umbilical cord still attached and blood all over its body. It isnt moving much as at. It is still a live in the incubator as i can see its stomach moving up and down very slowly.
I still...
My hen is brooding for the first time.and its been 24days and still nothing. I do have rooster so the eggs are fertile.
What do i do.
Do i wait longer????
My hen was sitting on eggs about 8 days ago and stopped 2days ago.shes hasnt been the same ever since. She isnt eating properly. All she does it sit in the over saddly. The top of her head which use to be bright red is now lightred close to white on some parts... the other hens the same age as...
Its my hens 1st time sitting. Shes been sitting for a week and this morning isnt sitting on it. When i went to collect the other eggs i touched her eggs and they are cold. I could tell she hasnt been sitting on them all night.
What does it mean? What do i do :'(
I found a cracked egg in the nesting box today. This has happened before. You can tell its been sat on coz its flat. Why could it be?
Not enough room or ..........
I have 6 laying hens isas and Wyandottes. And one annoying crowing rooster. I need him to shut up especially at nights he won't shut up at all.
So our plan is to give him away.
But my hens are laying nearly everyday. Will they stop laying daily because the roosters gone.
What can i do??????
I have 6 hens
4 wyandotte hens 11months
2 isa hens 8months
And 1 bad naughty rooster so were going to get rid of him tomorrow morning. Iv already got given a rooster which is 3 months. He has been living so far out side of the coop
WHEN CAN I PUT THE ROOSTER IN THE COOP NEAR THE HENS WHICH ARE...
My hens an hour before sunset sing the egg laying song very loud. And when it finishs i go out side to have a look and see nothing. Im not sure if the same one does it or different hen but this has been happening for 4nights. Anyone know why.
I have 4 wyandotte hens and 1 One isa rooster. I want wyandotte chicks not isa.
If i use the eggs from wyandotte hen what will their chick turn out isa or mixer? what is the Percentage Of getting wyandotte chicks? AND IS THERE A Pacific Time To put eggs in incubator
[/B]im from Australia melbourne and for da past 5days it's been sunny so today for the 1st time i got SIX EGGS from my 6 hens. Unbelievable it was amazing seeing all those eggs from our young hens. [/B]
How many does everyone else have and what country are you from please include the weather.
Hi im from Australia melbourne. I have never raised chicken's before so this is my 1st. My husband and i didn't think their was so much involved in raising chicken's. But you know what i enjoy every part of it: to collecting eggs to cleaning pooh to feeding.
I plan my day around them so i can...
So i wanted to ask what is the thickness of the stick the chickens sleep on. Because the sticks i have is short in length and my hens all dont fit on the highest level with the rooster so some of my hens are on the bottom level. And they also dont seem comfortable with the stick being only...
I have 4 wyandotte hens 12 months old and
2 isa hens 8months old and
1 isa rooster 7months old
I want two more wyandotte hens
I have enough room for 12 chickens so room isn't the problem. My worry is that they will fight and my hens that are laying now will stress out and wont lay.
my question...
I have four Wyandotte hens.
Two white and black and
Two red and black.
They are all the same age 11months. They follow each other everywhere
If the red one goes one way the other red follows
If the white one is laying the other white stays near her.
I find that cute but my problem is the...