The incubator is on day 17 and I have it set at 37.5 degrees Celsius but it doesn't stay at 37.5 degrees. It pretty much stays constant at 35.2 and I can't get it to go up!!! What am I supposed to do? It's on day 17 will the chicks still live? The incubator is completely digital and it is model...
I have a 10 week old puppy that im kind of nervous about when she gets older and is around them... The chickens are very afraid of her for some reason, but they are not afraid of my adult dog. I think that the predator that was attacking my chickens before was similar to my puppy or something...
I have 19 hens and 1 rooster who kind of wobbles around because he was attack when he was young. I really don't want to find blood in an egg ever. Is there any way I can make sure I never do?
My rooster has a hole in his neck that is like half a centimeter in diameter. he cant stand or controll his legs very well but he can move them, he is eating and drinking water. he is a barred cochin.
We came home to find that only 2 of our chickens were in the coop and they were both laying as if they were killed but they were both breathing. One of them popped up after a few minutes and is now acting normal but the other still can't move its legs so when i stand him up and he just falls...
Last night i went out to put the chickens away and 4 of them were missing, i then found one under our car an it looked like it was hiding or something then i found one of the chickens dead right by our coop and there was no blood but it was missing feathers almost all the way around its neck...