I just hatched my 4th batch of chicks this morning and there is something hanging out two of their bottoms, I don't think it's the umbilical, it's too thick, it looks like an earthworm. I'm afraid it's the intestines but two of them have it and I've never had that happen. See pic below, it's not...
I just had one of my baby chicks hatch in the incubator and it can't stand up...flops around and its feet won't unfold. They were tiny eggs so I think it couldn't turn around in the egg, I had to help it out bc it wasn't positioned right. How do I help it stand up? So worried
I'm a first time hatching momma and I have my first batch of eggs beginning to hatch tonight in the incubator! Now what do I do? Leave them in there for a day to dry? Do I put food or water in there for them? I have other eggs still in there that aren't due to hatch for another week or so, will...
I'm a first time hatching momma and I have my first batch of eggs beginning to hatch tonight in the incubator! Now what do I do? Leave them in there for a day to dry? Do I put food or water in there for them? I have other eggs still in there that aren't due to hatch for another week or so, will...
My hen has been brooding for about 16-17 days now nonstop and all of a sudden today she left her eggs and went outside with the others and hasn't returned. It's been about 4-5 hours and I'm worried her babies are dead now It's about 65 degrees here today. I put a heat lamp high up over them to...
My hen has been brooding for about 16-17 days now nonstop and all of a sudden today she left her eggs and went outside with the others and hasn't returned. It's been about 4-5 hours and I'm worried her babies are dead now It's about 65 degrees here today. I put a heat lamp high up over them to...
My 7 month old RIR and leghorn hens started laying eggs about a month and a half to two months ago and they're all laying small brown eggs. I have like 75 small eggs and it takes 3 of them to equal one large egg Why are they all so small?