I had a chick hatch last night with the yolk still attached, it was very wet and had pipped at the wrong end. I tried to get it to sit in a cup, but it kept escaping so I just put clean paper towels down and left it overnight.
It's about 15 hours since it hatch and the yolk looks like it has...
Hi, I had a chick hatch late last night that really isn't looking great. There was a lot of liquid when it hatched and the yolk and some pink tube bits (look like intestines.
It was still attached to the egg for a while bit pulled free. I tried to get it to sit upright, but my incubator is only...
I've got four 5.5 week old brahmas, I think I've got 2 pullets and 2 cockerels but I would appreciate someone with more experience taking a look!
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My indian game rooster had a dreadful eye infection and, after several courses of antibiotics, the eye ended up having to be removed.
He had the op 11 days ago and is doing really well, the trouble is the hens don't want to mate with him so much now! He's still keen on them, but I think they...
One of my broodys had eggs due to hatch today, I checked her very briefly last night about 1 in the morning and everything was fine but just checked about 7.30 am and one the chicks was on the other side of her broody house.
It's alive, but cold and weak. I've make some water with sugar in and...
I have 3 eggs in the incubator on day 21, 2 hatched this morning but the one that was the most noisy and was rocking about yesterday has gone still and quiet (it's not pipped externally yet).
I had a very quick candle just now and it looks like it has pipped internally but i couldn't see any...
Hi, I could really do with some advice please!
I've had some fertile eggs under a broody light sussex and all seemed to be going well, a couple of the eggs started pipping yesterday afternoon so I was hoping for chicks this morning when I checked on her.
Sadly she had crushed and killed the...
Hi there :)
I've been using this site for a while, so I thought it was really time to join the forum! This looks like such a knowledgeable place and I can't wait to get talking to fellow chicken and duck keepers!
We currently have 11 chickens and 6 runner ducklings and I'm hoping to add quail...