So should I ask for a refund on the "infertile" eggs or is there a good possibility that they were undeveloped due to shipping. I don't want to ask for a refund on the undeveloped eggs if it wasn't his fault. I opened them about a week ago and didn't check for a bullseye or doughnut in the yolk...
I recently ordered 48 eggs on eBay and I had a terrible hatch rate of about 25%. So I opened the eggs that didn't hatch on day 24 to see what went wrong and 27 off the 48 total had just yoke inside. Does this mean they are infertile and that I was sent bad eggs?
If i decided to raise around 20 Cornish X this spring, would it be possible for me to sell directly to a processing company? And would this even be profitable since I would have to sell at lower prices? Or would I be better off trying to sell quail or turkery.
I did hatch these myself about 6 days ago and i am feeding them medicated starter grower. I also have a heat lamp for them in one corner of the brooder.
One of my baby chicks started to keep it's leg extended all the time and had a hard time walking because it wouldn't unextend it's leg. It always kept it extended outward to it's side. last night it unexpectedly died. Now I have another chick doing the same thing. What should I do? I am using a...
Thanks everyone for your help but when i came to check on it today it had pasted away. There must have been something else wrong with too.
I wish I could have saved him.
I just notice that my 3 day old baby chick was having a hard time walking and was just scooting around. It turns out that one of its knees is broken and it is having problems with the other leg to, maybe at the hip. It also may have hatched out with a leg problems and I didnt notice till now...
This link explains it all. Grass feed poultry seem to have great heath benefits like less cholesterol and a lot of omega-3's.
http://www.lionsgrip.com/pastured.html
hope this helps