I want to hatch some chicks this year so i have decided that i would let one of my bantam hen to make a clutch so she can sit on her own eggs.However, i have got a question can i keep the rooster with her in the breeding pen? I am asking because he keeps on going in the nest and he moves the...
i am new to peacocks and I was wondering would are some of the sights peacocks are sick (mine are in perfect health) although it is important for me to know some of the symptoms so I can act quickly when I need to.also should I give them quick antibiotic treatment even if they don't need it just...
I have two bantam hens which I have both left in separate cages so they can nest and eventually go broody on their eggs. My question is how many eggs do both of them need to lay before they clutch is full? also in one of my hens nests one of the eggs broke so replaced them with one from the...
I have build a very large aviary and my question is what kind of bedding I can use the aviary is build on hard concrete so what would be the best bedding so I don' have to clean the bedding frequently because as I said it is very large aviary . Thank you
I have a guinea fowl started laying yesterday and today I have another egg from her. The problem is that she just lays the egg on the floor. So I was wondering if I could collect some of her eggs and put them under a pigeon to hatch them.i know guinea fowl take longer but I I just want to hatch...
To begin with, I am new to serama chickens few feks ago I decided to to buy 6 Malaysian serama hatching eggs from the internet and only 1 survived to actually hatch. I think is because some of the eggs wore contaminated with bacteria. Anyways on day 23 my chick started to hatch and normally I...
I would like to know if I can incubate chicken and quail eggs at the same time I would like to know if it is possible also what would be the perfect temperature and humidity? I know that incubation periods varies.
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Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I have got a question and I hope there are some experts around to help me.:/ I have 4 silkies :2 Roos and 2 hens, one of my hen layed her first egg today and I really want her to go broody so my question is should I leave the eggs in her nest so she can...
Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I have got a question and I hope there are some experts around to help me.:/ I have 4 silkies :2 Roos and 2 hens, one of my hen layed her first egg today and I really want her to go broody so my question is should I leave the eggs in her nest so she can...