Is there anything a chicken can get that would make a person or small child sick, or can it be passed in their eggs (that we eat)? We had a chicken that got sick with a mystery disease...it almost looked like it got a film over one of its eyes (which then bulged and looked like he went blind in...
I just do not know what to do, about three of our Bantams are not "getting it". And I can see they are getting weaker..they won't go take a drink or peck at the food (I have been finger tapping at both). One in fact keeps trying to eat from the beaks of others (which of course means it gets...
We bought them some saline water mix stuff from the feed store and medicated chick feed...once they are all out of their eggs, and dry, is that what they start eating right away? (the last time we had checks we bought them at least 2 -4weeks old) Thank you!I just want to make sure we did not...
I have a small problem.... one of our chicken eggs "Lucky" was put in a cardboard box with 5 others and then the lamp broke 2 weeks into it so I shoved him/her in a Brisnea-like brooder...but he is TWO days behind the eggs in the brooder!!! Lockdown for it will be today! Do I keep him in there...
Hi! I bought a mini-Brisnea incubator, but could only fit about 11 eggs in it, and we have 6 extra! (I got them off ebay) I cannot bring myself to throw them out so my husband is building (right now poor guy)) a card board incubator, with a 60W light bulb, therm inside and a bowl of water...
I think I understand.... I put th epointy end down and on the fat end I put an "X" on one side, and directly opposite it (still on the fat end) but under the X I write an "O". ANd then every three hours or so, I either have the X up or the "O" up? I don't worry about the blank sides of the X &...
(I am new to the BYC) We just checked our coop...it has been very cold and we had major snow on the ground until a couple of days ago (snow finally melted off after 3 weeks). Well, we found exactly 30 eggs - our first ever! Do we have to throw them out (heartbreaking) or can we eat them? We...
Of course... literally - ever. We found over 20 eggs in the coop - and had no idea they were laying! Are the all ok to eat (especially the ones that must be over 20 days old?) I should have checked last week when I thought I heard happy clucking.