I'm not sure what's wrong with my little bantam.. it started with a sound like a sneeze but has progressed into open mouth /almost labored breathing. Every few minutes or so she has a loud squawk and stretches her neck out.. pretty uncontrollably and looks very uncomfortable.
She's...
I have never incubated MGB eggs before, but I thought I'd give it a shot. I just started collecting eggs and will be putting them in asap. I keep reading horror stories of very low fertility and/or low survival rate:( Are they more tricky to hatch? Also, does this sound right... about 40%...
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I recently adopted a modern game hen who is about 6 months old. She has laid two eggs since we got her. Yesterday I noticed the top part of her vent seems to be swollen and contracting. Nothing is coming out of her, it is just bigger on top. There was a tiny bit of blood on the most...
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I'm new to BYC but have been enjoying all the great information from everyone for quite a while now. I recently got three "pullets" to add some color to my flock, a silver laced wyandotte, light Brahma, and a speckled sussex. The Sussex is a little older than 4 weeks (about a week...