I have acquired some Welsummer hens however the eggs they have been laying vary some are cream coloured with light to heavy speckling to some looking like ISA Brown eggs, they are over a year old and just finished their moult, will the iconic Welsummer eggs come later on or is that young hens only.
Photo is from an advert for purebred Welsummer eggs, colouring and leg colour look a bit off and the rooster looks a bit 'beefier' than a standard Welsummer am I right?
Photo is from an advert for purebred Welsummer eggs, colouring and leg colour look a bit off and the rooster looks a bit 'beefier' than a standard Welsummer am I right?
Ebay bought eggs, seller had listed them as purebred Welsummers, however looking at Welsummer eggs they tend to be more darker brown or covered in speckles or a combination of both, they sure don't look like it, have a feeling I got scammed.
Not sure what went wrong but my turkey eggs have not hatched, I have not yet open the incubator to see what went wrong I do not want to risk shrink wrapping anything that is possibly in the egg, should I leave it for another day or 2...
I have followed the method of dipping the poult's beak in a water holder many times now and it drinks up, but right after it continues panting, I have set the brooder temp to 35 degrees but for some reason it is panting non-stop this has started since I have taken it out of the incubator, it is...
I know turkey poults hatch on day 28 from what I have read, but one of my turkey eggs have begun to hatch already on lockdown, I am worried that once this turkey completely hatches and I take it out of the incubator I risk messing up process and drying out the membrane of the other poults still...
I heard that raising newly hatched turkey poults with a week-old baby chickens is a good idea as the baby chicken will show how to drink water and take food, I have two turkey eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch next week and already have a brooder kit to be set up and I am thinking of...
I currently have 12 eggs in a incubator I have candled them at day 12 only 3 of the 12 has what appears to have something forming inside as the other ones are just clear and obviously nothing growing inside, I have not seen any blood veins in the ones that appears to be fertile, what I am seeing...