I had 5 eggs that I assumed made it to lockdown. By day 23,no internal pips and no movement seen while candling, so I did eggtopsy and they were all dead. This was my first atempt at hatching, I'm asumming that it was an issue with temp or humidity but I'm wondering if they even all made it to...
I have eggs in an incubator and eggs under a broody, the eggs in the incubator are set to hatch a week before the broody. Can I raise them in a brooder for a week until the ones under the broody start to hatch then sneak them into her? Or will they not accept her as their mother because they...
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Just wondering if this little guy is considered blue wheaten? He looks like he has a lot more red on him then other blue wheatens I have seen. I did get him from a breeder, I was only after splash but she didn't have enough to fill my order so she asked if it was okay if he went in...
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This is a barnyard mutt rooster that I purchased from a local farmer as a day old chick. Just wondering if anyone has any idea of breeds that could be in his lineage, I can't find any breeds with feathers that shade of blue on them. Also if I crossed him to a splash Ameraucana hen...
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I have a 17 week old EE pullet who's comb has turned bright red within the last couple of days. Usually she leaves the coop and free ranges with the rest of the chickens, but today she stood on the roost all day. Not roosting, just standing there. Is this a normal behaviour? Is it...
Quite often when I go to close up the coop for the night the chickens are already up on their roost and some of the roosters will have their wings up on the hens beside them. I don't know if it's cuddling, dominance or keeping them warm but I think it's adorable. Anyways people don't believe me...
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I have a 5 week old RIR pullet that I suspect has dwarfism. She was bred by a university heritage chicken breeding program so I don't believe that there would have been any issues with the parents. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that she was smaller so I quarantined her and found...
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I'm a little concerned that my local Peavy Mart (Canada) sold me hatchery chickens instead of the heritage chickens bred by the University of Alberta heritage breeds program.
I got suspicious once I saw a picture on here of a heritage RIR and it looked so much darker.
Here is...
This is my 2 week old EE chick. He was safe in the brooder with 9 other chicks so I have no idea what happend. There is no blood or feathers anywhere. So upset.
I have moved him out of the brooder. Sprayed the wound with antiseptic spray, sprinkled corn starch on it, and given him some...
This is My 2 week old EE chick. He was safe in the brooder with 9 other chicks so I have no idea what happened. So upset.
I have removed him from the brooder. Sprayed the wound with antiseptic spray and sprinkled cornstarch on it. I gave him some molasses water with a dropper. He has access to...