After a long hatch and malpositioned wrong end start. The little chick got out 😊 After watching it drag around part of shell around I cut the clear cord away from body, but it now looks to have a hernia. What can I do about this? I’ve read Iodine tincture? Prep H medicated cream? I just hope...
So my eggs hatch days are spaced a little apart. First hatched last Saturday. A few have died in shell or after trying to help. I don’t want to touch these last two. One is on day 23 the other day 20. However the incubator water looks dirty from the first egg that hatched and now starts to...
So This is my first hatch in still air incubator. With 8 fertile eggs, we’ve had one hatch. One pipped malpositioned, and didn’t make it. 3 others never pipped, I checked and all were close to hatch but didn’t make it. I have two that are at day 23 and one at day 19 ( we collected at different...
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I’m a mom of 4 children and 15+ furry, scaly, feathery kids. My family has a tradition of when they are 9 yrs old, they get to have a pet. My now 10 yr old chose chickens last year. We have 4 hens and sadly just lost our rooster as he was protecting the flock. We have an Americauna...