She had some cold and infection. I took her to the vet and all the cold has now gone it took about 1 week. Now when i put a food bowl in front of her she completely misses it. When i hold it afar she can make out its direction and goes towards it but completely misses it. Could there be some...
She is trying to lay an egg. Her first one. But this is the shape of her bottom rn. No egg layed yet. She completely fine drinking and eating and active.
I was saving up eggs to hatch but i found some eggs today layed in the water they were in there for about 10 minutes. Can i still hatch them? will this cause any complications?
My broody is raising 8 chicks. They are 2 weeks old now. In the past 24 hours ive had 3 chicks who couldn’t get up and had curled toes aswell. I gave them 0.1 ml vitamin b complex injection and they were back to normal in literally 5 mins. Is this really vitamin b deficiency or do they get back...
This is a 2.5 month old chick. One day i flund him on the floor and he couldn’t stand. (It was 40 c that day). Only one leg was working. Took him to the vet. He gave him some injections. Told me he is going towards Newcastle disease and said this weakness. happens in hot weather . He gave some...
This is the last guy. They are under a broody. Has been trying to hatch since morning. I started a thread asking a sound it was making. Someone said the sound was from the chick ziping the egg but now that i can see it now its just the chick opening and closing his mouth that makes it. Should i...
Day 22. Others have hatched. There is a pip i heard chirping from the chick only twice over about 10 hours. I had it close to my ear and can hear a heartbeat like noise. It goes twice like bump bump......bump bump. What is going on
These were hatched by a broody hen but i had to interfere unfortunately as she stepped on and killed two others. They wake up when they hear movement but immediately fall down. Is this normal or are they dying. They cant even keep their eyes open
I found my broody hen was injuring the new borns and killed on she had him under its feet. What to do now i dont have an incubator to keep the newly hatched ones warm. Why did she do this though
So i noticed the chicks hadn’t hatched and its day 23. It was chirping and moving so i did a small hole in the membrane of the egg so that the chick can breathe. The outer shell was already broken. Have i done anything wrong? Please forgive me if i sound like an idiot i don’t want anything to...
I could hear the chick and the egg was pipped in the morning but now i found the chick dead and the egg was hatched. The chick was fully developed. Should i help the others to hatch which have been pipped? It has been 22 days this was the first hatch. Attached picture
My 2 year old cock was outside, fell in a puddle. I quickly took him out. Dried him and now he cannot maintain his balance. He is still shivering. Falls down everytime he gets up. If he recovers, what medication will i need to give him since alot of germs can be in the puddle.