Hello. My daughter hatched this chick yesterday. She sent me this pic today. The chick's foot seems to be encased in the yolk sac. As it is drying the foot is being tightened to its belly. Anyone see this before and what can I do.
rooster or Hen? breed guesses ?
we hatched 48 eggs together, pure buff brahmas, pure wynadottes, ameracunas, and some mixed. these are the birds i either can not tell if it is a rooster or its breed please give me your opinions
I have 4 chickens that have white runny poop. yesterday I went out and one of our layers had died, and i noticed that 4 of the other layers had white runny poop. i had been out to see the girls for a week, helping my son move and my daughter was feeding them. they are not suffereing from...
some of my laying hens (rhode island red, 18 months old) have been losing their feathers by where the tail meets the back. I first thought they were molting but they have not lost anymore feathers and I read that is not the first place they lose their feathers. I have looked for mites and lice...
Hi, we are trying to finalize our winter coop plans for our 2 adult turkeys and our 40 youngsters. they are currently 5 weeks old so the end of October they will be 13 weeks old. what do you all keep your adult turkeys in during the winter here in canada ? we are outside of Edmonton. our...
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we were given a assortment of eggs by a friend who did not know what type of chickens they were. we incubated them and had wonderful hatch rate of 22 out of 24 . Now they are about 8 weeks old and I am hoping that you all can give me some ideas to what this pretty birds are. we were...
Hi guys. we have spend this past week building this chicken tractor, it is 11.5 ft square. highest pt is 6 ft. There will be a door it is just waiting for hinges. we used 14 guage 2in by 2in welded wire for around the edges of the tractor, 5 5galloon pails for nests, fence posts for the...
Hi, one my last turkey hatch, I had a turkey dead in the shell, perfectly formed, yolk sac absorbed, but not internally pipped or external pip, the lid of the incubator was jousled and was slightly open my humidity was low for about 28 hours. was it the low humidity or was it mal positioned...
Due to covid, everyone is putting up animals, there is a shortage here for hardware cloth 1/2 x 1/2 squares. we are building a chicken tractor and I am trying to decide if I use chicken wire (not my first choice). PVC covered chicken wire or 2 by 4 in welded wire. we have no racooons or snake...
Hi, I am currently in the middle of hatch of locally bought Jersey eggs, 21 out of 36 eggs hatched. however I have 5 chicks that have a chipmonk strip on their back. These eggs were expensive and I am thinking that perhaps i did not get all Jersey eggs. I am posting pics of the chicks I am...
Hello, I have 32 Ridley Bronze turkey eggs in in incubator, Locked them done on day 25 yesterday, this afternoon I came home to a new poult, currently I have 14 of the 32 eggs hatched. My question why did they hatch so early? and is there going to be an health issues for them being this early ?
Hello, Do any of you add herbs fresh or dry or essential oils to their shavings in a brooder ? how about your coop? Also for your coop bedding someone was telling me about an additive that they can add to the bedding to help with odor or keeping the beeding drier ? thank you PS. very...
This is our first set of eggs we are hatching, I have havabotor, and I have struggled to find a accurate thermometer. for about 4 days,day 3 - 7, my incubator was running at 101.3 - 101.8, it was brutal to regulate down to 99.7 - 100.4. I candled the eggs at day 9 1/2 and i found that a...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
4 years ago my FIL started to raise broilers, we would help him butcher, last year we took the plunge and raised 50 meat birds,25 layers and 4 turkeys
our turkeys were Orloop Bronze, we loved the turkeys and were such good eating...