This is day 26 and my first egg is pipping. I checked the incubator this morning and there was nothing but now there is. The egg is not moving. What do I do? Is it dead?
One of my 2 week old blue copper maran chicks leg looks twisted and it's alway extended funny. It's the right leg. I don't know what happened to it but I only noticed today. What cam I do to help it? Also this line seems to have messed up toes, what can I do about them?
Today I walked into my coop and to my horror I saw my older, bigger hens eating the entrails and carcass of my 3-4 month old silver laced wyanndotte pullet. I have 30 hens in a 12 by 12 coop with roosts over a "shelf" so there is lots of room and many places for weaker and smaller chickens to...
Hi, today I bought some more Americana hens and I noticed that one hen has a curled toe on each foot. Its not terribly bad just curled slightly and turns a odd way when she steps. It doesn't seem to bother her that much, she still runs around. How is it caused and can I fix it?
Hi, I am new to hatching my own chicks and I don't know if this is the right place to put this but I am getting my incubator soon and I have some un-answered questions about hatching.
1. Do you put the eggs in the incubator right after they have been laid or how long can I leave them?
2. I want...