To me, you are seeing first signs of “sad” looking bird going down. Have you noticed any of the other birds keeping him from food? The chickens are sneaky and you have to be watching them all if the time to really figure this out. If they are keeping him in solitary without food and water I...
Jerusalem donkeys are powerhouses in little bodies. We had one once that had became best buddies with two of our goats. Hung around each other. One day, they were sitting at the top of the hill watching out when the little donkey grabbed one sitting next to him, slammed him down and broke his...
my original parents were from Little Peddler and Bev Davis.
We have BCMs 15 week old cockerels left with no bottom white wing feather.
We live in Suwannee County, Florida and are asking $20 each.
Thats great they took them back.
You said that they seemed overcrowded from the excessive pecking. Don’t buy a bird with a top beak that has been burned off to keep pecking from happening. Sounds like what they are doing.
That sounds like an owl looking for just the crop. The only way to keep them safe is to keep them in a tractor. We lock up all of our birds at night. Safest way.
Syringes are only pulled back to see if you got a vein. It is human medicine. You should not be pulling liquid, white blood cells probably, nor pulling back on syringe in muscle because it destroys it. Can you not just inject under skin? I don’t use so not sure.
Just like roo in marans is the producer of dark eggs ability, the hen genetics regarding sex holds true. If we get broody hens we separate them away from group where it is quiet. Or they lay eggs all over her. 4 nests, one used. Always!
May I ask what temp your incubating at?
Found this...
I noticed you had runners. If they are first time layers then your gonna see variations in colors. I have marans and I get some cool looking Saturn colored eggs! I found this chart below. Hope it helps. But looks like to me that the reproductive tract is slowing down. It could be heat or...