this is the first time I have owned a silkie I have a hen and rooster who have not learned to go back up into the hen house at night to roost they stay in a corner of the pen and sleep on ground. I try to teach them by putting them up at night and they do find their way down in the morning but...
I bought my cornish form TSC I bought 6, three eat like machines and are ready to butcher at 7 weeks but the other 3 are not, they are a typical size for their age, whats going on they dont eat like the others they just eat normal they look like identical birds except for size. should I just...
I have a broody hen who just has been sitting a couple of days and was wondering if I could put some small silkie chicks who are 3 weeks old but small under her to raise do you think she will take them should I just try it
i have a 3 week old cornish rock meatie who is chirping strangely and moving its head in and out constantly whats wrong i do see it eat and drink today its gotten worse as the day went on
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i have one1 1/2 week old silkie who is acting weaker then the others & has running light brown poo...
i have one1 1/2 week old silkie who is acting weakerthen the others & has running light brown poo giving her apple cider vinagar water & some boiled egg 1 other sikie chick died today had built up poo on his butt was fine earlier this afternoon dead around 6:00pm
the other is a cornish rock...
I have a 2year 4 month old RIR who is quit laying over the last 2 months she got to where she was laying torpedo shaped eggs then laid a few soft shelled eggs she has laid about 4-5eggs in the last two 1/2 months she is healthy, not molting, why is she not laying is she washed up at 2 yr...
omg!I thought I had killed this batch today:( it day 21 and I couldnt hear anything in the eggs so I was disgusted and going to clean it out just now and moved an egg and its pipping!!! like everyone says give them a couple extra days before throwing anything out:weee now the eggcitement is on!
We made a homemade incubator last winter and got a hot water thermostat like everyone says to do but werent sure on how to hook it up so I used it successfully with out it twice. My DH is a safety freak and doesnt want to use it because its made for a 30amp appliance and its being wired to be...
I would like to start a Poultry club in Northeast Georgia. Anyone interesting in helping to get it going and participating in this club please PM me with your email info and I will get back to you.
Saturday I found a broke egg out on what we call the porch of the chicken coop shell was hard. but much to my surprise I found a shell less egg this morning how weird it is. I kept it to show the kids. it is just the membrane holding it together and I am surprised the one who laid it didnt peck...
I have a hen sitting on 3 eggs, another hen acts like she is going to start sitting too! well that will leave me with 1 hen laying. has anyone given a hen anothers egg to hatch that would mean she would only be sitting on it for 1 week before it hatches that would get her up and going again...
I hatched out 4 chicks this monday 2-22. two were sizzles and two cukoo marans. how much do new chicks sleep the first couple of days? they get up and eat and drink move around then lay back down like puppies its so funny! are they too hot, cold or just normal. they are not hudleing together...
I was stupid and ran out of gas in the night and the heat went out in the House Luckily I woke up about 4:30 my Husband went to bed around 2:00 and said temp was good at 100 in the incubator when I checked it at 4:30 it was around 97-98 I quickly put a larger bulb in and got it right back up...
My beautiful mottled cochan roo named Peep Daddy, who is about 8-9 months old got frost bite this week I just noticed he had a place on his wattle about the size of a large pea. he had a small place on one of the peaks of his comb but its gone. last night when I found it I put anitbiotic...
I have a hen who laid for about 1 1/2 months then quit when i put the young roo with the girls. well I have moved him and thought she would start back but has not laid an egg for about 3 months. I went out to get the eggs from my two others and she was in the house and pecked at the eggs in...
my 2 of my hens arent laying so I was going to give them cat food, my question is do you ground it up and mix it with the crumbles or soak it in water to soften it?
one of my hens has been sitting since july and has new babies now two weeks old , she sat on two batches one was borrowed and we gave them back and had to get her some more eggs incase you are wondering why she sat so long since it now 10-1 well when she started sitting one of my other hen...
I had 8 eggs I gave 5 to my cochan mix who was sitting. and put the other 3 in a bucket made into a incubator. I took a small bucket and put a cloth diaper in bottom with the humidity dial from my humidifier and kept it moist and used a shop light with a 60 watt bulb for warmth well after the...
my hen has been sitting since july 25 she first had one set of eggs and when they hatched I gave them back to my friend the eggs were on loan to get her to hopefully stop sitting well that didnt work so I got her some more eggs that when they hatch she can raise them herself. my question is she...