i need to move my hen too, because about a week ago, 2 of my hens got broody, and today i found out a snake ate all of one of the hens eggs... but the other still has SOME left, so i need to move her to a snake-free place.
NO DON'T ADD WATER!!!!!!!! DON'T ADD ANYTHING THEY CAN DROWN WITH ANY LIQUID ON THE SHELL!!!!!!! you can help them break out a bit, BUT NEVER DO THAT!!!!
it is an upper respiratory disease that occurs only with poultry. it is EXTREMELY contagious, and once cured, the bird will still be a carrier of it for life.
well, then i'll try to get 2 incubators! just wondering though, wouldn't it mess up the schedule if i put the eggs in an incubator now? since there is like a schedule; mother gets up, comes back rolls eggs around, and etc., wouldn't it mess up the growth and creation of the chicks inside the...
i've already cured most of my flock, but they will be carriers! is there ANYWAY THAT I CAN PUT THE EGGS UNDER A HEAT LAMP????!!!!!! can i just turn them at different times? and turn the lamp off every once in a while? taking the chicks away isn't an option at the moment. so is there ANYWAY, that...
ok, i had 3 chickens at first, then i bought 25 off of craigslist that were unvaccinated and started, they brought coryza, and now all 28 of my chickens have coryza. but 2 weeks before they got coryza, i had 2 hens go broody. for those 2 weeks, they layed on 12 eggs and they will be hatching...