We have been losing from 5-10 chicks a day now. The chicks hatched from mid summer to the beginning of September, none of our older girls/boys are dying. We had a frozen water situation about two days ago, where the heaters didn't work, so we thought they had been dehydrated. But after we fixed...
Her face is turning red because she is maturing into an egg layer. 100% pullet, if it were a rooster it would have long, pointy saddle feathers, long tail feather, and other differences. I'd say you will be getting your first egg here soon!
In some animals, two offspring from the same mom/dad can be bad, but in chickens it is no big deal. However, after about three to four generations, you will want to switch out all your roosters and get fresh ones from completely non-related flocks.
Four foot tall fence should be fine, just be sure there are no holes or even a small amount of space under neath that they can escape. For every goat you own you need about 2 acres. The best way to manage your field is to do rotational grazing, which reduces the wormload. Goats are herd...
Going to be getting some pheasant hatching eggs once they come into season. Curious on how many I should get if I get Yellow golden or lady amherst. A trio or a pair? Also, would I be able to keep a few pairs together if kept in a large enough area?
so I set some eggs a week and two days ago from my flock since my flock had an attack and 40 died. So I wanted to preserve some and set the eggs. I did, 4 days after it happened. (I currently had eggs in there so I couldnt set the new ones. Well I forgot to turn them and the bubbles are now...
how well do white faced spanish lay? Really interested in that breed but due to recent circumstances I can only purchase laying breeds, not 'useless' ornamentals. Gotta start making money off them by selling eggs (not for hatching, dont worry. Im not gonna steal your business )
So I have done nothing different than with any other hatch, but for some reason this hatch is messed up.
So I set seramas on the 12 th (night) and mottled Cochins 24 hours later. Yesterday was day 22 for the seramas and that's when they all hatched. Usually they hatch on day 19. Today is day 22...
Yay my serama eggs finally got here!!!!!! she sent 18 when i bought 15, one was cracked. Very slightly though. ill set them tonight! Still waiting on my cochin eggs tho.. :/
Been watching the weather and looks like a 70% chance we are gonna have an icestorm tomorrow night. Good possibility we will lose power during that. I am setting eggs today for new year. What can I do to keep eggies warm?