I have a small tradition to hatch my hen's last egg if they get killed. Just a way to keep part of them around. We sadly had a raccoon get to some of our birds. My one bantam hen was one of the ones killed, but i dont have any bantam roosters. I have 2 regular sized rosters and 1 young rooster...
A friend gave me this chick because she didn't know what to do and knew I fix up my birds when they're sick. It has a super swollen eye. It can't open the eye and is constantly crying. I don't really know what to do, I've never dealt with anything like this. One of my cats had an eye infection a...
I had a duck and hen go broody about a week apart and both ended up quitting so I had to finish they're eggs in the incubator. This chick hatched about 8 hours ago followed by a duckling. I'm worried she might have wry neck. I've never delt with a chick with wry neck before and am wondering what...
I went to go put away my flock for the night like normal, but when I went in the coop to count them I found one under the perches on her back. She's one of my younger birds, about a year and a half, and has always been healthy. She was fine earlier, I had to go catch the little escape artist...
I was hatching a fresh batch of chicks, who are all doing great, an I have this one who has what seams like an open ear cavity. Kind of like a lizard if you know what there ears are like. And I just want to make sure it's going to be fine, I'm pretty sure it will be I've just never seen this...
I started some chicken eggs like normal, (I usually have a 80% hatch rate) but hatch day came and went and none hatched. It's now day 26 and I've been really worried. One hatched yesterday, needed a little help and is now doing fine. 3 eggs left in incubator, one I'm pretty sure is dead, the...
So I went on vacation and left my chickens in the care of a friend. When I came home I went back to my regular routine. I cracked an egg to eat and it was about a week along in growing. I candled all the rest of the eggs and found one more that was also growing and put it in my incubator. It by...