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Thanks, will feed them today!

Hi, My hen was sitting on 5 eggs and so far 4 of them are hatched already. The first chick was hatched 2-3 days back. Today I found one of the newly born chick died I am not sure whats the exact cause. Question is when there are some newly born chickens and the hen is still sitting on remaining...

Ok, I will add a second nest. Is it ok to add a second nest near her? Will she remember on which nest she was sitting?

Hi, I have few bantam and australorp hens living together. I put some fake eggs in the nest to enforce the australorp to sit over them but unfortunately instead of australorp, one of the bantam's go broody and now she is sitting over them :) I don't want the bantam to sit over the eggs as the...

Hi, I have a flock of 30 birds, age 3 months (black austrolorep). In last 4 days 2 of them died one by one. Today while feeding I found another chick becomes very lazy and was dragging her legs. Investigating further I found some pimples and rashes on her eye lids and nose. I have attached the...

Thanks for quick support! After a couple of hours in incubator, they started to move around and start chirping! I have now returned them back to other chicks. Looks like they are happy again as I can see they are eating/drinking and running here n there :)

Hi, 2 of my baby chickens (3 weeks) got badly wet in rain! When I found them they were alive but no movement at all. I picked them up and immediately moved into my incubator. After an hour I can see they started to dry but not sure what should be the next steps? Should I feed them something...

Thanks for the link, so basically I just need to fill the vial with water and mix thoroughly.

Hi, I need to vaccinate my 6-7 days old chicks for Newcastle disease. I bought Lasota (powder), on its pack its mentioned Doses 100-B. The seller said that I need to mix this in 1000ml of water and let the chicks drink it within in an hour. My question is what if I want to prepare the mixture...

Hi, Do we need to vaccinate hens after 6 months? I was googling but the vaccination charts I found were only for chicks of certain days/weeks. If yes, what type of regular vaccinations we need to do for hens of age 6+ months. thanks

Ok, I just crack it open and found no development at all :( Looks like no effect at all on the yalk and white of the egg. What does it mean? Eggs are infertile or the incubator is faulty?

No veining at all, just something darker on one edge.

Hi, This is the first time I am trying to incubate some pheasant eggs (5 eggs). Here are the pictures of candling Day 9. Can someone plz guide me whether is there any sign of development in it or not? I am still not sure about the fertility of eggs as I never see the pair doing some actions...

Hi, I have a flock of around 15 hens and 4 rooster, they were raised together from day 5. Now they are of age around 6-7 months. From few days I see a strange behavior lets call my roosters A, B, C and D. A,B,C whenever they got chance they try to fight with D! D now stays away from the flock...

@Cntry1958 thanx for the tip! I will definitely follow

bad news!! the chick could not survive... not sure why!!! and today I end her broodiness :( thx for ur support!

Wuhoo! Good news :) Today, with a very heavy heart I finalized that I will end her broodines, but then I found a very little chick under her :) Looks like of age of 1 day.... I think I shld not have put more than 5-6 eggs under her, 11 eggs are too much for this small bird. The screenshot I...

Hi PouleChick! How can I break her broodiness? I think I shld do it now (with a heavy heart :( )

I checked the eggs, there are something inside it but no movement at all.

Hi Rose, thanks :) Although the broodie hen is living with other hen in the same coop, but no other hen is laying eggs, they are quite younger! I counted 11 eggs on the very first day when she start to sit. I will try to mark the eggs having movement! One thing is that weather here now a days...