Hello everyone! I’m on a New app called Stereo and I will be doing a talk tonight at 7:30 central time. The talk is about homesteading we will be covering different fowl on a homestead. If anyone is interested the link is below. Come join us my co-host is fun and energetic and it going to be a...
So I have this chicken. she has always been a special chicken. One thing that makes her special she is the first chicken that I hatched from my own flock. From the day she went to the brooder if there was something up she let me know about it. and when she got big enough she started jumping out...
This is yesterday
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I have six pullets one RIR 2 ameraucauna and 3 unknown game hens I integrated all the younger pullets in with the RIR a couple of months ago and the first day went well then the next morning I came out to check on everyone and one pullet was...
So I have a pullet that just started laying a month or so ago. Now I’m getting eggs and the last few have looked fertile to me so I would like to have you guys input. Now to the best of my knowledge I didn’t think I had a rooster with them but I thought I heard a crow the other morning so I...
I have a baby chick that hatched 2 weeks ago as of tomorrow when it hatched I noticed it had scissor beak and an eye that looked to be pushed out of its socket well I let it be and I noticed this afternoon when I was leaving for work that it is covered in puss I plan on making some saline...
I just had a baby chick hatch it was super sticky so sticky that the back of the eggshell was stick to it so I helped it get it off its back that’s how I knew it was super sticky what can I do to get this chick cleaned up so it can dry and fluff up
I have 3 eggs due to hatch on the 1st of December 2 of the three have air cells that are on track for that hatch day but the third is quite a bit smaller I have an egg carton in the incubator to set the small air cell egg in for hatch is there anything else I can do to ensure this egg hatches ok...
So I was outside watching the chickens like I normally do and something strange happened one of my known roosters went up to an suspected pullet suspected pullet squatted rooster climbed on top. Now these chickens are not laying yet so is this just practice breeding what are my chickens doing?
So I bought a new incubator and by the sensor on the incubator it’s been running at 37.5 C I bought a thermometer well two cause I have a two teir incubator so to ensure adequate temp all across incubator I monted one on top teir and one on bottom teir they are both reading a little over 101 F...
I’m having a staggered hatch first hatch due December 1st second hatch will be December the 5th and not sure yet when the third hatch is going to be Come join the hatch along
hello all I’ve been into chickens for awhile and just got new chickens after being away from them for several years so I figured I would join and say hello