I had a hen hatch some ducklings.One of the hens that is in there keeps attacking the ducklings.she was fine the first few days and all of a sudden she has became aggressive towards the ducklings. What has caused this?
I had a hen hatch some ducklings.One of the hens that is in there keeps attacking the ducklings.she was fine the first few days and all of a sudden she has became aggressive towards the ducklings. What has caused this?
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I have a first time broody hen and one of her duckling hatched.I found it in the middle of the coop dead this morning.The duckling was fully hatched out of egg but its "belly cord" was still attached to the egg.My question is should I worry she will do this to all the ducklings?or why did...
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We have a duck hen sitting on eggs and we wasn't sure when she started sitting on them.I moved it to candle it and there was an internal pip!I tried putting it back how it was but momma duck wouldn't let me and it got moved alot.will it be okay or did I just accidentally messed up the...
I have a Hen sitting on eggs and they just started hatching today,how long should I wait before moving mom and chicks to a bigger enclosure?right now they are in a dog kennel.
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I just got Ducklings today and I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how to raise them.Any advice would be much appreciated!also any advice on how to tame them down?
I have two hens sitting on eggs which are suppose to hatch next weekend.My concern is they are in with the rest of the flock.Should I be concerned that the rest of the flock is gonna kill the chicks when they hatch or will they be okay?
I boughta bottle goat from the auction.She was eating good last night and part of today but when I went to feed her afternoon bottle she didn't eat much.he belly is round and soft.She had runny poop this morning and last night.i have a vet appointment Thursday to get her checked out to make sure...
I have a chick that pipped 5 hours ago.has mad a big whole in the egg almost half way around the egg but now seems no progress.Should I assist or leave it?
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What are some 9f the best incubators out there?I have used a couple and seem not to have good luck with them and very low hatch rates.I am wanting to buy a new one for this year and was wondering which ones are best and have good hatchbrates?
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I have some silkies that I got and all the pictures I see the silkies have nice fluffy pompous in their heads.My silkes do not have this also there wings don’t look very good.I am wondering is I need to feed them special feed or what?Here are some pictures not the best I can get...
I have a 2 week old(13 days)bottle kid we got and he is active eats his bottle very well and plays but he likes to eat dirt!he is healthy as can be just eats dirt.is there anything I should be giving him besides his bottle?
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I have six silkie eggs in my incubator and I am trying the dry hatch method,I have been doing my research but keep getting mixed reviews on what the humidity should be!i am on day 3 and humidity is staying a steady 25%.is this a good humidity on the dry incubation side?i know this is an...
I have two silkies that I got last weekend and they came with a rooster.I am hopeful they go broody,they was broody where they came from.They have five eggs in the nest box the first one has been there for bout five days or so.Im hoping one of the hens goes broody.my question is,why aren’t the...
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I am at a lost to what to do!I have three chickens that are sick.Two Of then have watery swallow eyes.The third sounds extremely congested and has a swallen face.I don’t know what to do!I have went ahead and pulled the three chickens out of the flock and cleaned and sanitized the...
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I was wondering if anyone could guess these chicks breeds?there are no bantam breeds,they are all standard,the first picture the chick is a creamy gold color,the second one is yellow with very light gray with feathers on his feet,and the last chick is white.
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I have a chick that internally pipped idk how long ago.I am on day 23.the chick is peeping.I candled the egg not knowing it had internally pipped!!the chick looked like it was filling the whole egg!should I assist?what is the chance a shrank wrapped my chick?
I also found two eggs that had died...
Should I help this chick hatch?its been like this for serval hours with no progression..it’s still moving and breathing and the humidity dipped down to 59 just for a few split seconds other wise humidity has been between a steady 60-66.idk what to do and I am worried bout this little one.