I've been incubating some eggs which hatched while I was at school today. One chick has stuff from the egg all over him and its dried onto him. What do I do? Get a Q-tip and wipe it off as best I can or something? Its all stuck to him and i'd appreciate some help!
These are some of my beloved animals. Since everyone has been so kind to share pictures of their animals, i'll share pictures of mine with you!
My 1st quail, Goliath
Quail compared to a quarter at 5 days old
Dally - mix breed
My quarter horse, Lucky
My appendix quarter horse, Sugar...
I just walked out to the coop to lock it for the night. I counted the chickens, and everything was normal. I checked the roosts and then I looked toward the nesting boxes and there was a rooster sleeping in it!! Cullen was sitting there, looking like a hen brooding! Has anyone else's rooster...
I have a question. I live on an acre and a quarter of property and I have 15 chickens and 2 turkeys living in my coop. The dimensions are:
Length - 15ft x 4in
Width - 11ft x 3in
Height - 10ft
My chickens are free range, so they are let out every morning to go do what they want around the...
Why must eggs in the incubator be turned? I wanted to know if hens turn their own eggs(hmm..) and if they don't why do we turn them? Its not really a big deal turning the eggs, but I just want to know why:lol:
I know it has something to do with the embryo settling, but i'm not sure and haven't...
Hello!
Since i'm new, I thought i'd introduce myself to you. My names Amanda(i'm sure you guessed from the username hehe). I have LOTS of animals, and I adore my chickens:
Ponyboy - Mixed bantam breed rooster
Sodapop - very pale gray mixed bantam hen
Dally - gray mixed breed bantam hen
Two-bit...
I was wondering if anyone else has multiple roosters with your flock. I have four(Ponyboy, Hermie, Cullen, and Soup) and the last three are all Ponyboy's sons. So does anyone else have many roosters in one flock without much problems?