what is the biggest contributor to leg or feet issues when incubating? I've changed nothing on my incubator. Suddenly one hatch has 4 chicks with funny legs... legs that are held up and end up being rotated or crooked.
I had a very expensive Serama rooster shipped to me a week ago. He arrived with a prolapsed vent. The seller tells me he left in perfect condition and has never had this problem before. I've tried soaks, pushing prolapse back in... it comes back out in seconds.. I attempt to keep clean but...
My Serama hen went broody. The roo is a serama also. She is laying on 7 serama eggs but the Orpington cross ladies are sneaking in and laying a quick egg whenever she gets up to eat. I don’t want anymore full size hens and I’ve noticed by the time I can pull the large eggs, they’ve already begun...
These are my two new serama chickens. They are just from Craigslist, they are just pets. But it didn’t take me long to grow very fond of the breed. Kinda hoping the little lady will go broody and give me a few more!
My Barred Plymouth Rock Spurz feels terrible!! She is almost 4 years old and I went to pick her up of the ground and her keel bone felt extremely sharp. She has lost weight very fast, because we went to a show in October and she was fine! Is it possible that she caught something there? Please...
A coyote entered our property and killed my spotted sussex hen:hit, he ran off into the woods with it, and when I followed his trail, I found a freshly laid chicken egg along the path. It was lying down between branches of fallen timber and not in a location that a hen could have earlier laid...