Hi BYC, We're having to move our Broody Light Sussex and her eggs due to a serious red mite infestation in the main coop- (the eggs are about 13 days in so she's been sitting for a while) Attempted to move her at dusk- which went awfully, didn't recognise the eggs and began to peck them! Placed...
Hi there BYC, we're hatching chicks under a first-time broody hen, just reached day 12 and have taken our broody off the nest to allow her to get some food and water (she refuses to move by herself) only to realise that she's crawling with red mites! As it's our first time hatching eggs and her...