So this year my school is hatching eggs (which i am in charge of)....i brought 9 eggs to put in and 8 were fertile. Today is day 22.... 5 hatched days 20-21. There is one that has zipped nearly half way around but hasn't done anything for nearly 24 hours.....so my question is, is it time to...
our neighbors found this duck at work and brought it to there house and asked if we wanted it because we have ducks (domestic) and I wasn’t sure because I didn’t want to bring any diseases to our flock...but If is domestic would I be able to add it to my flock?
I think they’re both boys but I’m not for sure, duke is the more aggressive one so I think it’s a male. And daisy is a bit more shy, but they both have about the same size nob. We got them in April
This morning my sister went oub to the chicken and found our little red hen pumpkin laying down drooling, has white stuff coming out her vent, and has a purple comb. I tried researching and couldn’t find anything. She about a year old no idea what breed but I feel bad for the poor thing....i...
When I went to let the chickens out our 3 month old silkie Batam mix hen wasn’t acting right... she kinda threw her head down and was wobbly. We just a momma hen die all of a sudden 1 week ago. Is it a disease? If so what can I do? Please help!!!!
We have a hen that is a year old and is egg bound 😭.... I have been putting her in warm water with epson salt since yesterday and she isn’t looking good. Also what doesn’t help is it’s my 8 year old brothers chicken that he adores! Please help!
Hello, I have a female duck who is just not looking the best. We had to get rid of a drake that was her mate because he kept picking on our other ducks. Her is closed and her beak is super pale and she isn’t following the rest of the ducks like she used to....is she depressed? Is she sick? What...
So I have 75% humidity for lockdown for my duck eggs. One of my duck eggs pipped early and didn’t move for 48 hours, So I took the tweezers investigated. The duckling was dead, it got vacuum sealed but I don’t know how since I have high humidity. Now I’m worried that the other ones that haven’t...
I have incubated ducks one time before, this duckling pipped yesterday and hasn’t had any progress... I know that these things take time, but it takes so much patience lol😂😂
This morning went to get eggs and one of my old girls has a swollen eye! What may have caused this? Will it spread to my flock? How can I get rid of it?? Help Please and thank you!!
Hello so I have always incubated our eggs in a incubator and we have a little bantam mix hen that has decided to sit on her eggs and I let her this time. Just wondering if y’all have any tips… She is right now in a nesting box in the coop but when the eggs go into lock down I might be moving...
Hello! I have hatched ducks before, but it seems this time the air cells are smaller.
My humidity fluctuates between 45-49%....and I am thinking that not that high right? ( because normally if u have high humidity it makes the air cells small) I only put water in the bator when I turn it...
Handsome boy but I already have a black Swedish Drake.... Were raised together but the pekin tries to Mate with our little female duck and is way too big it almost seems like he’s trying to drowned her sometimes
Hi I have quite a few hens That are mixed breeds and some that are not mixed I believe. I know a couple of them but I just want to double check. If you could help me that’s awesome no worries if you can’t...thank you!
Hi, so I have five, 5 week old baby chicks. We have 2 silkie Batman mix, and three other breeds that idk. Anyways, this morning we decided to bring them to some nice fresh grass, and I noticed one was wobbly. Then a couple minutes later I see 2 more that r a bit wobbly too?!?!? I am very...
Hi there, so I am an intermediate Hatcher....I have three Batam silkie eggs in my bator right now. Today is lockdown so I took out the trays and everything else you’re supposed to do. But my question is, is 100F too hot for lockdown??? I know it’s supposed to be 98F but i can’t get it to go...