Hi all. This was my first time hatching duck eggs. I set 41 Cayuga eggs that I got from a friend. 28 started, the others weren't fertilized. I only had 5 hatch out of 28. 1 died after internally pipping and 1 died after it had zipped. The rest looked like they passed right before lockdown.
I...
One of my hatched 2 day old babies got injured in the brooder somehow. The leg won't straighten out and the joint looks red and swollen. Is there anything I can do for this baby or is culling the best option?
I have what is probably a silly question but I'm asking anyway.
This is my first time incubating. I have a still air incubator and egg turner. My humidity has been between 50% and 58% and Temps between 99.5⁰ and 100.5⁰.
I candled today, day 15, and most of my eggs look like the pictures I've...
Hello all!
I'm new here I live in Northern Maine and my daughter and I have a chicken addiction.
I currently have in my coop 1 barred rock rooster Richard, 1 Jersey Giant Mabel (I had 3 but a fox took 2 a few weeks ago), 3 RIR Lily, Dandylion and Daffodil, and an Easter egger named Easter. My...