I’ve had chickens for three years, this past summer we let two broody hens raise chicks, but I recently bought an incubator and decided to hatch chicks that way. It’s just a small 12 egg incubator. We started out with 12 eggs and immediately found out through candling that one wasn’t fertile. A...
I came home to find my EE in the horse trough, still alive. She’s wheezing and breathing convulsively. Eyes closed and not really moving. Is there anything I can do?
I have 14 chicks that we’ve raised from eggs. The rooster was Ameracauna/Australorp/Jersey Giant (sorry, don’t know all the abbreviations yet 😊). The hens: White Leghorns, Easter Eggers (black, brown, and wheaten), and Barred Rock. They are six to seven weeks old and I have a guess as to the...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We first got chickens a year and a half ago.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We have 13 hens and 1 rooster (borrowing from a friend).
(3) What breeds do you have?
Our best guess - white leghorns, cinnamon queens, lace...