Two days ago i found one of my 3 month old roosters with a broken wing.
I felt so bad for the poor bird, it couldnt walk becasue its wing was dragging on the ground and it kept tripping over itself.
so i went back to them yesterday and useing directions i found on here, I duct taped a wood stick...
idealy nore more than 1 per flock, depending on space. it they are free range, large coop, then i would keep MAX 4 roos, and maybe try to seperate into 4 groups of 4 hens and 1 roo, rarely letting them mix.
good luck with your flock.
83 ish. and its cold here for july......
its not supposed to be less than 90 in the middle of july in southern michigan.
but i really cant complain. the nights are cool enuf to sleep comfy
sorry for all your losses!
my suggestion is to dig up the ground 6 inches and lay mesh down, then rebury to prevent hole diggers. then take ply wood and put it 2-4 feet up the sides of the coop. OR take the screen used to screen doors (found at home depot) and do the same thing. this is see...
i guess right around 2weeks till hatch. ive heard some actually explode as they are removed from the bator after the hatch is over.
and are they in an automatic turner while you are gone?
sucess! when i went to pick it up i noticed that the only area not blue was the air bubble on the top of it-but that was larger than normal. i feel releived that i did it. i put it in a triple sandwitch bag, inside 2 gallon bags, and finally in a shopping bag. and had a towel around my nose the...
I put 2 duck eggs and 2 turkey eggs in the bator about 2and a half weeks ago. i candled once and for sure saw veins in one duck and two turkeys, the other duck just had a black mass surrounded by clear. now (i dont know which) one duck egg has turned blue. they were white. its like a light sky...
mine are lily, daisy, mikiyah, sir squeaks alot, Eduardo,margarita, lazlo, and tori.
i like the idea of chicken themed names-poachy, Fillet (fil-ay), yolky, and such.
Good luck with names!