Keets will be 7 weeks this Friday.
For about the last week, this has been going on:
There used to be more adults. I was down to 3, and last week one disappeared during the day. I guess the dominant male finally chased the other one off for good. Now those two - who are actually the parents of...
Did head count one night, was a chicken short.
Next night, another chicken was missing.
Yesterday, a third chicken was gone, and and our rooster was missing most of his upper half. At the back of the coop is a long metal nesting box. The rooster had his legs sticking out the wire bottom of it...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Had chickens when I was a kid, then as an adult I inherited my girlfriend's chickens. A once larger flock that has, over the years, diminished to just 2 original hens.
(2) How many poultry beasts do you have right now and what...
Anyone use one of these?
I bought one for my Guinea keets because I figure their food is expensive enough it'd be nice to cut back on waste. Delivery is running late, though.
Curious what other people's experiences might be, whether I should get more or DIY another...
I noticed a bad smell in the incubator this afternoon and traced it to an egg with small droplets on its surface. I don't believe any drops went from the egg into the water channels, but it is humid inside an incubator so I don't know if that really matters. I took it outside and let it fall to...