I have noticed lately that I will get an egg that when cracked the white is extremely thick, like it wont fall out of the shell when cracked unless I physically dump it. Usually when you crack an egg, the white slips out. Eggs are collected once a day. It is only one color egg, peach shell. I...
Thank you, me too! So, we got more than 50% hatch rate! Yeah for my chickens!!! Why were there 4 with yolks still attatched? Is it normal for them to die so far into the growing stage and not finish right at the end?
I filled my incubator, 41 eggs. 21 hatched. 1 peep's intestines were hanging out so I had to cull it, everybody else is great. I waited another 24 hours after the last peep hatched before shutting off the incubator and taking the eggs out. I always take any eggs out that did not hatch to crack...
We have had chickens, laying hens and meat chickens, for 4 years. This years batch of 4-H meat chickens is very bazzar! We had a 2-3 week old peep with, what I'm sure was an impacted crop, hard crop, chicken not growing, etc... They are now 8 weeks old. One of our biggest cocks had a large...
We have had chickens, laying hens and meat chickens, for 4 years. This years batch of 4-H meat chickens is very bazzar! We had a 2-3 week old peep with, what I'm sure was an impacted crop, hard crop, chicken not growing, etc... They are now 8 weeks old. One of our biggest cocks had a large...
We have a Golden campine, 11 months old, who looks like she has an extremely large uniboob? I know it sounds silly, but what the heck? She has been like this for about 2 months. Has only layed 3-4 eggs in this time, used to be a good egg layer (I can tell how many eggs she has layed because she...
We have a Golden campine, 11 months old, who looks like she has an extremely large uniboob? I know it sounds silly, but what the heck? She has been like this for about 2 months. Has only layed 3-4 eggs in this time, used to be a good egg layer (I can tell how many eggs she has layed because she...
Had a Buff Orpington, about 11 months old, who started acting dumpy yesterday. Had oozy poop around vent feathers, washed off. She didnt want to move this morning. Went out to barn to check on her and she was dead. Cut her open and found about 3/4 cup of maggots pouring out of her vent. Vent...
i have 3 eight week old chicks and 18 five week old chicks. they have been on the proper age appropriate crumble since they were born. some of their poop is orange/runny/stinky and sometimes it is "normal". i have looked at poop pictures and under that section it says it is upper...
i have always had peeps on newspaper for the first few days. it has been recommended by many chicken owners. they have always said never start them on shavings because they will eat it and get sick. it did end up being poo build up. i changed the paper once/twice a day.??? why it happeneded, not...
We hatched peeps last week and are in our basement. I have always kept my babies on newspaper for the first week or so and then they go to shavings. Cleaning their poopy mess this morning, i noticed that 2 out of 18 peeps have a warty looking growth on the bottom of their feet, one has one warty...
the government brings the coyotes in to take care of the deer population, now the coyotes are justas big of a problem as the deer, so now they bring in bobcats! there is onw scoping out my barn full of goats and chickens! darn them, let mother nature do things on her own and we wont get into...