I found one of my hens today has one of her eyes closed and there were two tiny white bugs on the lid crawling around. I checked the rest of her body and my other chickens and didn't see any more of the bugs. Is this an eye injury or bug related and what should I do for her? Thank you!
1) she's...
Not sure if this the right forum or not, but I want to make sure I learn from this experience. I incubated quail eggs and on the day they hatched we had a power outage. The power ended up being out for roughly 8 hours in total. During that time, the clear plastic on the incubator ended up...
What is going on with his toes? He was hatched the day before yesterday and keeps falling over and getting stuck on his back. He almost drowned in the water because he fell in it twice.
Help! My quail started hatching today, I have 4 hatched, 2 still in eggs. We got hit with storms and lost power. The power has been out for 6 hours with still no restoration time. What should I do? Is the residual heat and humidity enough to keep them warm? It's probably about 75 degrees in my...
I’m on the last 2 days of incubation and I’m absolutely dying of anticipation! What can I expect? When should they start hatching? I swear I keep hearing quiet peeps from the incubator but I’m not seeing anything yet. I candled all the eggs on day 17 and saw movement in all of them, so I’m...
Last year I got several different chicken breeds from tractor supply, but I don’t remember what kinds I got. I really love this one and I’d like to get more of this breed, but I have no idea what she is. Thank you!