I got baby chicks a week ago, and one little polish roo hasn't looked well since I got him. His crop was enlarged, he had a prolapsed vent, he was wobbly and unsteady. He wasn't growing like the others, and the rest of the flock was starting to pick on him. Yesterday he looked a little better...
I have a bantam who is broody for the 4th time in the past year. I don't have any fertile eggs to give her, and she's been sitting on an unfertile one for 2 days now. Can I let her sit on it for a few weeks, then remove it during the night and sneak a few chicks from the feed store under her...
Today is day 18 for my broody hen and her eggs here in New Mexico, but the humidity is about 25-35% over the next 24 hrs according to weather.com. Do I need to do anything to raise the humidity in the coop for the eggs or will they do ok? I'm seeing a lot of posts about how nature knows how to...