Hello everyone, I am getting my first pair of Sebastopol geese this week and I need to know EVERYTHING.
Feeding,
bedding,
can I house them on the floor of my HUGE coop at night?
Do they need specific waterer and feeder??
Hi all, I am getting my first pair of Sebastopol geese this week. And I have a "few" questions. Haha
I have had chickens for a few years but I've never had anything else, especially waterfowl.
1. Food during off season
2. Food during laying season
((Tractor Supply told me to feed them regular...
y DD just joined FFA through school and now I need "show" quality chickens. Ugggggg
We have about 20 chickens already but none are "show" type.
Where? What? Need any and all info you can give me. Thanks.
My DD just joined FFA through school and now I need "show" quality chickens. Ugggggg
We have about 20 chickens already but none are "show" type.
Where? What? Need any and all info you can give me. Thanks.
I have 14 free rangs hens that are of laying age and I have seen each of them in the nesting box at one time or another.
But I am am only getting 8 eggs on a good day. I have even locked them up for a week in the coop/run and still only get a max of about 8. They have plenty of water, oyster...
I personally have done this 5 times since December and every one I have moved AT NIGHT TIME AND INTO A LOCKED CAGE Before hatching. I was worried about the chicks falling out of nesting boxes.
I created a nice nest and gently transferred her and eggs about 10pm.
I haven't had good experiences with adding live chicks. They just peck at the and for. BUT have added fertile eggs to 5 broodys and they have all done great.
Uggggggg bless it's little heart. I am not sure. I have had this happen also and lost most of them.
The last one I ran and turned on my little incubator and put it in there.
Maybe try putting it under a heat lamp?? BUT NOT TOO HOT ya know?
Ok, found this tiny shell-less squishy egg in a nesting box today.
All of my hens are established layers and I don't have any that are close to starting.
I have gotten that shell-less "beginner" egg before and that's not what this is. It is like it came from way in the beginning of the egg...
Awwwww think of it this way, approximately half of this hatch will roos. So unless you want that many, you will be getting rid of some.
Last week I had a chick take just over 24 hrs to hatch after it's first pip.
I have never done anything with mine, they will automatically do it. They normally get off the nest like twice a day to eat, drink and dust bathe. Most of the time I don't even see it because it's so fast haha Don't stress over it, she knows what to do and all will be good.
Also, hens know...