I need some help with this girl here. She's a 4 week old silkie chick now. She had what appeared to be splayed leg at about 10 days old, so I banded her with a straw and rubber band. It seemed to help but while doing that, I noticed that her leg back facing toe wouldn't bend. I just figured...
This little guy (African gosling) hatched yesterday and the incubator he was in, he didn't have room to move around really at all from what I was told. We put him in the brooder and gave him the night to get his legs under him. Well when I came to check on him this afternoon, I noticed that...
I raise and sell turkeys and I've had someone reach out to me looking for some turkey hens. The back story that I have is that her grandma got 4 turkeys and they all ended up being toms. I gather that the grandma is now attached to the toms and isn't wanting to get rid of any which is...
There are some fun markings coming in on my latest cross baby and I feel like sharing. Back story... I started my flock with some black silkie chicks (all hens) but I wanted to hatch so I snagged a couple of non HOA approved free old English roos. Voila! My own mini chicken crossing experiments...
I got a dual layer incubator off of cl but the fan for thw bottom level wasn't installed. I've read that the air needs to blow upwards but I didn't know if that still applied since there would be eggs right above the fan and if it blows down it would be onto the water. The heat source is at the...
Hello! I'm trying to find an African gander for my mother's flock. She's had a hard year since none of her eggs hatched from 3 different geese. Her gander is at least 7 years old (she got him from a zoo already full grown) and she thinks he's not performing anymore. I got her some at an auction...
Hello! I'm trying to find an African gander for my mother's flock. She's had a hard year since none of her eggs hatched from 3 different geese. Her gander is at least 7 years old (she got him from a zoo already full grown) and she thinks he's not performing anymore. I got her some at an auction...
I hatched this baby 2 days ago from an order of shipped eggs so I have no idea about her (it's just easier to say it) genetics. Ok thought she just needed to stretch out at first so I gave her the day. That night she still wasn't really walking. She's moving around using her hocks? (knees) and...
Hello! I have read many of your forums and have got a lot of help from your site in the past. I currently have 5 silkie hens, 3 silkie/old English hens, 1 silkie/old English rooster, 2 Chinese ganders (flock protectors), 2 Swedish/pekin hens, 2 Swedish/pekin drakes, 2 bourbon red Jennies, 1...
Hello! I ordered some quail hatching eggs online and when it finally got dark and I had a minute, I candled them and 11 of the 20 look blue inside! I've hatched geese, ducks, and turkeys so I'm used to the pinkish tint when you candle fresh eggs but I've never seen blue before. I'm not sure if...