My MINI dachshund got hold of one of my silkies....dont know how! ( I am a t work) my wife told me that one of the silkies wings was torn off....dont know where, but assuming it is the whole wing...is there anything I can do if it is the entire wing?
I have a two month old buff orpington hen that has a slight gap in the right side of her beak and the shin around her beak is red. What could this be? she appears to be acting normal.
Ok I survived incubation...lol...Actually did pretty well...started out with 8 eggs and actually hatched 7 chicks...not bad for a first timer...with a lot of advice from the forum. Now onward.. I have four different breeds from this hatch...2 Polish, 2 speckled sussex, 2 sizzle and one...
Chick # 1 just hatched it has a long yellowish whiteish membrane attached...does not appear to be intestine...from what I have read and been told...I need to just leave it alone and let it dry up....these are my first ever eggs....STRESSED but thrilled
is everything ok? we are on day 21and 3 out of the 8 eggs have cracks....but nothing else...the shell is cracked, but the membrane is in tact....humidity is 62 percent...is everything ok? We can hear the chirping from inside of the egg...why haven't they broken out....any experience person...is...
I have to admit I am a little nervous here! Tomorrow is the big lock down day! From all that I have read there are only a couple changes....the egg turner has to come out, the eggs are laid on the wire mesh with the larger end slightly elevated, and I need to raise the humidity level...what...
Alright I guess I could have timed it a little better...when exactly do I need to remove the turner and raise the humidity...Day 18 starts tuesday afternoon and wouldnt you figure I will be at work. I leave for work at 1130 AM and dont get back til around 1AM....I put the eggs in the incubator...
I couldn't wait any longer! It is only the begining of day 7.... I had to candle my eggs. I only have8 in the bator. ALL 8 are are good!!!!!!!!!!!!So EXCITED but still a long way to go!!!
Ok I am new to the 3 day old chicks....we just picked up 2 3day old buff orpingtons...they are in thier med tote with the heat lamp..temp is 100 degrees on the hot side. One of them is completely content and drinking and eating...but the other is just chirping away....seems like all it wants is...
Ok ....Do not know what I am looking at....I set the eggs on fiday afternoon/ evening so technically we are in the middle of day 3...I couldnt handle it anymore and had to candle a couple....I use one of the new fangaled light bulbs...lower heat and a cup with a hole in the bottom...all I could...
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Day #2 and mistake #2.....I set my digital thermomenter on the top of the egg turner instead of placing the one that came with the hubovator on top of the eggs....realized my mistake and corrested....one on top of eggs read 104!!!!!! yikes the digital on the egg turner read...
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I have done all of my research and got my first set of 8 eggs in the mail the yesterday. I let them warm up and settle for 24 hours and have just placed them in the incubator....obavator still air with egg turner...I had the temp to 99.5 and the humidity to 40%, but once I set the...