She said it was in her backyard for over two days by itself, couldn't find a nest anywhere or the parents. Probably someone had a backyard flock in her area and it wondered off. Luckily she was kind enough to bring it in.
Hello! I'd like to find out what breed this chick is? I took it home after a lady brought it to the wildlife center where I work, thinking it was a baby osprey 😂
Thank you, I'll remember that in case there's a next time! I finished hatching her out after the 24 hour mark and found that the yolk had not been crushed but was the white strip by the head instead. The chick is fine and will be back with her mother hen and siblings too as soon as the little...
This morning around ten I saw one of my chicken eggs had pipped. Two other eggs had needed help out of their shell (it was past 22 hours with no further progress compared to other eggs which hatched under 6 hours after pipping). Since I wasn't sure when this chick had pipped, I pulled back the...
My Rhode Island Red hen has had diarrhea for almost 4 weeks now. I have treated her twice with a moderate dosage of amproluim thinking she had coccidiosis even though her only sign was blackish/brownish runny poop and she was the only hen to have diarrhea in my flock. Now its changed to a clear...