Hi! I have a 3 week old chick (his/her name is The Colonel), hatched by a first time mommy hen. He's one of 7 chicks. He had pasty butt the first week and I got him through that, he has been with his mom and siblings since. My problem is, he doesn't grow. He's a third of the size of his...
Hi! I'm wondering how to go about this. I have 7 eggs on day 18 now and 2 eggs on day 10. I didn't think this through, this is my first try at incubating and with a home made experiment incubator. Should I open it and still turn the 2, or leave them and turn the 2 after I have an outcome on the...
Hi! My name is Nadia, I'm from South Africa and I'm a big fan of this forum!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not quite, had them on and off growing up, now I'm a little obsessed with the lot I got from my neighbour. So I'm counting myself new, as this is now an...