We’ve had no luck finding this handsome gentleman (named “Admiral”) any mottled ladies. Still new to pairings but would it be best to match him with a black D’ Uccle hen while we continue to search for mottled? Any good resources for color/ gene charts? Much appreciated. At the moment he is...
One of our 3 month old brahmas seems to have white paste on her hind quarters. Any thoughts and suggestions for treatment are much appreciated. Should we separate her to treat? She seems a bit slower than usually but was eating and drinking fine all day. She is very docile and easy to handle if...
We just had a chick hatch with the sac hanging out we believe? Not sure what can be done. Will it still absorb this? Should I wrap it? It already nicked it once with its foot so I’m holding it so it can’t move. Please advise.
So I have a batch of chicken eggs in our incubator (I turn by hand 5x a day so no automatic turner). The day after I started them my farmer neighbor handed grandma a carton of guinea eggs... The hen sitting on them had been taken the night before by a fox. She had nobody else broody and knew we...
Could really use some advice. Saw some posts about insides coming out but most had intestines or such coming out. This one was just hatched with a bulging vent? It was bleeding initially so we thought some guts may come out if it kept flailing around 😳. This is our first time hatching the eggs...