We hatched a friends eggs with only success with one- and now I am not sure of that. This chick looks to be blind- his eyes are very dark and they are a bit bulgy. Within the last couple of days, they have been gooed shut. I have moistened them with a warm water and it works for a time- but I...
Last spring we incubated using the dry method and it was a huge success. I am hatching eggs for a friend and one has hatched on the 21st day- Sunday- and there have been no more pipping or sounds from inside the foam, fanned incubator. I have the one chick in a brooder box with a small stuffy to...
I have a new chick that hatched out Sunday- so it is 4 days old- and she doesnt seem to be growing like the others. I have tipped her beak into the water, tried feeding her grool and plain yogurt, but I have yet to see her eat on her own like the others do. She is so much smaller than the rest...
I have read a lot on DE and am using it to dust my chickens, coop, nest boxes, and 'bathing areas'- how often should I dust the chickens and the rest of their palace?? I found that there are mites and am not sure how often they should be dusted.... can someone help me?
Thanks-
Abbott's chicken...
This is our second time trying to hatch chicks from our own eggs- and I have to wonder what goes wrong from the second candling to hatching.... any help? Trying to attach pics....
One thing I thought of was that during the lockdown- we were having a ton of rain and the humidity in our incubator...
or blocked crop, but I feel no egg, and she continues to go to the bathroom- her crop seems fine- but when we were checking for blocked vent, I noticed her vent was quite swollen.... what can we do? She was given a rinse this afternoon to clean her off, and there seems to be no blockage in...
no noise coming from the 10- but the 2 that hatched raised havoc with the 10 unhatched.... did the 2 affect the others? how long do I need discard and try again?