I am participating in a 2nd grade Ag Day and would like to be able to show the different sizes of eggs to the youth. I have large fowl chicken eggs and turkeys. I wondered if anyone had some bantam, guinea, duck or goose eggs they would be willing to send me. They don't have to be fertilized and...
I have four jersey buff turkeys that are approximately 8 weeks old! I went out to check on them last night and one of them has a droopy wing and is a little ruffled! He acts a little sluggish, but ran from me when I tried to catch him to take a look and made their alert sounds! I do have...
Yes, he stands up and is alive. He just has a little stringy piece attached to his navel and a glob of somthing at the end that he carries around with him.
I have a baby chick that his body was breach, so he pipped through the middle of the shell and could only reach one inch. I helped him by taking tweezers and zipping the shell open and then left him to push out. Now it seems he may not have absorbed everything through his navel. He has stringy...
I just finished hatching some of my own eggs and am now ready to try some shipped eggs. I do not want to spend a huge amount of money, but if there is someone out there wanting to experiment with shipping or has some test eggs I would pay for shipping + some. On additional note looking for...
I have had a farm flock on chickens for almost a year. I am planning to start breeding some to sell pure bred hatching eggs and possibly sell some show quality birds. I live in Kansas and am wanting a breed that can withstand the cold and not get to hot in the summer. My plan is to have breeding...
Now I see what you guys say about not introducing new birds to an established flock. I introduced a young sultan/silkie to my flock about 4 weeks ago and now he is showing signs of Mareks disease. He has the characteristic splayed leg and wings tonight. He was in the sick hospital as before it...
My husband came in the other day saying one of the roosters was sitting on the eggs in the nesting box and thought that weird, but he acted healthy. Today I went out and found him in the nesting box breathing hard and head tucked underneath him. I think he may die. His comb is a slightly...
This year I set up my incubator to try hatching some of my own eggs before I spend money on hatching eggs. I had everything set with acceptable temps and put eggs in last Friday (2-26) and yesterday found that the heating element went out on the incubator. Had to go to barn and get other...