lethargic, watery diarrhea, won’t stand, breathing slightly labored, wet around her beak. I was out of town for two days (sitter probably didn’t notice)
Came home to her this way....
didn’t feel an egg inside, don’t think she is egg bound. Laying in the nesting box with eyes closed.
Just found a couple broken eggs in the last week and caught my australorp eating an egg this morning!! Grabbed her and scolded her (haha) and tossed her out of the coop (gently) I have never had this happen before but I heard its hard to stop.....
Backstory on this week: My ducks hatched their...
25 Swedish duck eggs. This morning (day 28) I put my incubator in lockdown. Lowered the temp from 99.5 to 98.5 and raised my humidity from 55% to 80%. Three hours later this little baby shows up. I don’t see any other pips or hear peeps or anything.... it’s now 10 hours after the little guy has...
Okay, I have a favorite, dont tell my other girls.
We have 3 black australorps (older by 3 weeks), 2 jersey giants, a buff orph, a rhodie, a maran, and a EEA.....
The jerseys are very distant, the younger gals are still teenagers and about to lay.....so naturally my australorps are at the top of...
I have 3 australorp hens who are 5 months old and have just started laying.... One has a huge bright red comb, the second has a decent sized bright red comb and the third has a dull, small-ish light-rose colored comb. Her face seems dull as well...... Do you think something is wrong or that she...