I bought two Sapphire Gem chicks to be friends with a chick I hatched and I was told there was a 90% chance of them being hens. With them being sex-linked chicks I thought you guys could help me figure out their genders.
I have a five month old rooster who has had a swollen leg for several weeks. I have posted about it in the past, but had very little replies. His hock joint is very swollen and hot to the touch. He does limp, but doesn't peck at it. Any thoughts?
I have a young Silver Leghorn rooster about 5 months old with a swollen leg. No wound that I can see, but the swelling runs up his leg. Any thoughts on it?
Also I have 2 other Roos that are the same age as him, but they are way more developed than him. The rooster with other chickens is the more...
This winter I bought a new incubator from EBay and I am trying to hatch some chickens with it. I lost the instructions so I don't know how to solve my problem. My problem is this: if the humidity goes under 45% it starts to beep and won't stop beeping unless the humidity gets raised or if you...
Hello BYC. This is around my 6th time trying to hatch some chicks and I haven't had a single chick hatch from any batch. The incubator I am using is one I bought earlier the year (around late Febuary-early March) and have tried hatching a group, but no eggs hatched. I'm trying again to make sure...
I have been trying to hatch some eggs for 4-H using eggs my chickens have layed, but I have been encountering problems. I have tried incubating eggs, 24 of them, but they all died. I tried again with a incubator twice but they all still died, most of them dying from bacteria and stopping of...
Hello BYC! I have a small flock of chickens and this site has helped me with so many of their problems. I am excited to help others as best as I can and receive tips along the way.