i have a rooster who will atke the hen and pull a mouthfull of feathers out.one is almost completely bald! help!i have about 45 hen and 4 roosters. can you give me any tips?
Two female one male Jack Russels. They are nine weeks old and cute as a button! They are spoiled by my kids and have Great personalitys. Hoping someone in the area might be interested!! They will be great for taking care of all those rodents in the barns. Mine loves ground moles!!
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Can someone please give me some advice?? I have had three chicks seperated from the others after I found them with closed, swollen eyes. I started treating with eye wash and neosporin on their eyes. The one chicks eye was so sore, it had a little bit of blood in the eye. Now, two have...
Can someone please tell me the best meat chickens? I was looking at what they call a rainbow broiler. They can forage with your other chickens. I've heard meat broilers die quite easily. Any info would be greatly appriciated!! Are meat chickens all males or mixed? I just didn't want to...
I'm so excited I had to tell someone. I am getting my eight swedish hen chicks today. I have been waiting for these guys since Thanksgiving. I bought eggs, but they all died. So they worked with me to purchase some chicks. They have been so great! They made it possible to meet them to pick...
My chicks are overdue to hatch, so I decided to check!! Well, I saw movement inside 2 eggs when I candled but they were not through the inside lining! When does shrink wrap happen? Are they still safe since they are still within the inside linning? I hope I didn't make a mistake. I was...
I am looking for some Black cooper maran eggs. I know there are a few on the sale list, I am looking for a straight buy. Is anyone interested in selling some? Please let me know! Thank You! [email protected] I tried getting in touch with redroofhens, but I can't get my e-mails to go...
I'm haveing trouble with my incubator cradle. I have the Brinsea 20. Can anyone tell me how to reset the cradle so that it will start to tilt the eggs again. I did one set of eggs, and it must auto stop cradleing at 18 days. Now, it won't move and I'm not sure how to reset it. I misplaced my...
I have a buff chick about 5 days old. He has been fine up to a couple days ago. Now he seem to loose awareness and has to gasp to breath. It will last from anywhere to 20 min. to an hour at a time. It looks like he is trying to chirp but I think it is the way he is breathing. He becomes...
I have a chick that hatched this last Friday. Recently she started to stumble around and I noticed, she wasn't opening her eyes. She seem to have been eathing and drinking up to now. Her eyes aren't glued shut she just keeps them closed. I have seen her peck at another chick like she knew...
OK, you smart chicken lovers, I have a question. I hatched a chick last friday, and she acts like she can't open her eyes. She wobbles on her legs fighting for balance just because I think she can't see. Has anyone heard of this? She seemed fine and all of sudden, I noticed her having...
I'm pritty new to this chicken thing. But I have discovered white bugs at my chickens eyes. Is this mites? They are on them all. What is the BEST method of getting rid of them? I've heard the ivermectin 5mg pour on is a good product, but is there a egg eating withdrawl from this? Some of...
Ok, I have a chick 1 week old. It is very swollen on it's bottom and it stinks! I cleaned it off thinking it was paste up, but this is different. It screams when I tried to put some oitment on it. It smells like an infection of some sort. It has a white discharge coming out its's bottom...
I purchased some chicks and got a few extra. This chick was in the batch and I don't know what is wrong with it. Dose anyone have any idea! It was caked with a stinky crusty substance which I cleaned off to uncover it to be all swollen in it's bottom. The skin looks really red. I think It...
I have purchased a new Brinsea 20. I was wondering, if It is regulated with temp and humidity, can I put eggs out of old incubator into new one,or do I need to follow through with the old one? Some eggs just got put in a week ago, and others have been in maybe 2 weeks. I wasn't sure if this...
I am going to order this incubator. I was wondering how others like it? I don't seem to have any luck with the Big Giant. So, I am going to try this one, so, I just wondered how others like there's. I'v had problems with the humidity with the Giant. I'm hoping this one dose better. Please...
My eggs were overdue! so thismorning I opened the eggs. One chick was through the sack, but dead. The other 6 were developed but all still in sack! Could this be a humdity problem. I had it around 45 percent. That is the highest I could get it up and I used sponges. I have a big giant...
I just have to tell others to be careful with cats. I had a new Lavender baby hatch thismorning. I went back to check on it and the cat my daughter let in the house, moved the lid to the side and took my new born chick. I am just sick! No more cat in my house!! I'm just glad I didn't have...