So I have a hen who has hatched eggs before that went broody a week ago so i got some beautiful blue araucana fertile eggs from a local at uni who has chickens. anyway, shes been sitting on them for a week and today she refuses to go back to her nest.
She isnt bothered or harassed by noise or...
Hello everyone! Had a beautiful lucky hatch of almost all 13 eggs. Here are a few babies would like to have your opinion on their sex?! :)
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This is my little baby. It seems fine, sleeping a bit but is trying wry had to stand and sit up. But the feet are a worry. What do I do? :( I'm afraid I'm going to hear what I don't want to....
Hi guys so I'm up to end of day 18 just places eggs horizontal in the incubator, I have an auto turn. Can't regulate the temp now though to just 100 degrees farenheit. It keeps going to 105. I have to open the door to make it go back to 100 I'm worrie please help me, I have vents open cold water...
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My mum gave me this Pea Protein Isolate powder.
Its meant to be coffee flavour but tastes horrid even with only milk. The only ingredient is Pea Protein Isolate, so I wanted to know if i could mix a small scoop with their pellets maybe once a week or whatever you guys recommend? or...
hi there my chicken egg is at day late day 12 early 13 (half egg black) and i candled it and it has the usual air pocket at the end of the egg for pipping or whatever and i must have left it too long at some point without turning and there is a small air pocket on the side of the egg (large end...
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so ive been researching incubating chicken eggs and i decided to give it a try seeing as i lost half my flock this year form all types of reasons. I have a small 7 egg incubator and i have four eggs in it at the moment. The thing...
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I bought two quail hens from someone about 5 months ago now and they were a week off being a month old. so basically 6 months. anyway, ive noticed coturnix are meant to start laying after about 6 weeks. I have an outside cage with a connected undercover room with straw and wood...
I'm sure this has happened to a lot of you, but I'm just so upset.
My neighbours are old and have complained and asked me to do something about my rooster. I have a New Hampshire and his name is francis. He's the most docile, beautiful creature and the first chicken I've owned (I thought he was...
ive looked online everywhere and cant find a yes or no answer to this question.
basically, i do have an incubator, but i wanted to know that if i just left my quails to their business would i or would i not see chicks? not in winter obviously but is their hope for that? or do i have to try...
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I have five (one dust bathing) chickens here at about 16 weeks and I'm fairly confident the golden brown and the marble black and white are hens, the other two are boys (including the dust bather, who already has substantially bigger comb and waddle to the other two boys). But i wanted...
Hi I have our pictures in an album called what breed on my profile with photos p my new chicks that have started grow nicely :) can you help with there breed? I'm thinking Wyandotte or wheaten maran? Thanks!!
I recently gave away three of my roosters but the woman has contacted me saying that the red and white chook is a hen not a rooster. She said I can take her back of I want but I need to be sure can you help?
I have four chickens, two I believe are roosters or cockerels and I believe one is a hen but now the other looks to be a boy when I thought she was a girl!! Please help me out I can't keep roosters in my area! If you can figure out breed as well it would help. The person I got them from said...