help please. this chick about 6 weeks old has been seemingly attacked by a dog. food it laying on the ground.
it has one bite wound on the rubber leg and back, I have sprayed some disinfectant on the wounds I can see, the chick was in the rain and I am drying it off now, I there anything I can...
I have a little chick who was severely kicked out of the nest and now can’t stand up and has resorted to seemingly sitting on its butt. The chick sometimes throws it legs bay towards its head and lays on its back. My question I spose is 2 thing. 1st, could there be something neurologically...
I have a pore little chick infested with mites I have removed most of them but they keep coming, my question is what can I do to help this chick. I’m letting it rest but it just keeps sleeping I’m super worried I have attempted to drip water into its mouth, it drank it but appeared to almost gag...
So, my broody hen was sat on eggs and it is now day 20but she sat the night of so possibly more like day 19, she has sat really well and protects her eggs but never plucked her breast feathers, my question I guess is wether this will effect the hatch date or worse progeny the eggs from hatching...
hi, I have had a mite problem and I think I have an idea, although I don't want to take the eggs of my broody hen I think it might be for the best. I have moved my broody hen to her own inclosure and she brang mites from the communal nesting box with her (I have now completely cleaned the...
hi, I have a broody hen hatching 4 fertile eggs, she went broody in the communal coop where I left her for about 13 days maybe 15, along that time she must have adopted some of the other chicken's eggs as her own. I have since moved her to her own area. as I was candling to be sure with eggs had...
hi, I have a broody hen laying on 4 fertile eggs, I am not quite sure of the hatch date, but they are around 15 days in. She originally started incubating these eggs in the communal nesting box with I left her in until about day 12-13, I noticed that mites were beginning to become a big problem...
it Is my first time incubating eggs. I have made it to lockdown 10 out of 12 eggs successfully developing and no troubles. I had one mess up on day 18 (I put my silkie eggs into lockdown on day 17), I accidentally pumped the incubator and sent the eggs rolling. I quickly placed them all back and...
it Is my first time incubating eggs. I have made it to lockdown 10 out of 12 eggs successfully developing and no troubles. I had one mess up on day 18 (I put my silkie eggs into lockdown on day 17), I accidentally pumped the incubator and sent the eggs rolling. I quickly placed them all back...
hi, I am a first-timer at incubating (besides when I was around 5). I started with 12 silkie eggs and now have 10 going into lockdown day 17.
I removed my eggs from the egg turner and removed the egg turner, I then candled my eggs and drew the air cell on with a led pencil. I then put the eggs...