Hello everyone, i have two leghorn chicks which are just over two weeks old. This is my first hatch so i was looking to get some advice on how to sex them, i had a look at their feathers on day 1 and they appeared to be long short indicating that they are female. I have also checked with the...
Hi Sean, I'm in the UK. He is just eating chick crumb at the moment which is 20% protein, i could only find 20KG bags of gamebird feed online which is just too much for one bird. I have gave him a few small bugs today and he loves them. Can't really hand him in to any wildlife reserves because...
It would be for the best to turn the bird in, it is all above board. The eggs themselves were not together in a nest, i would have left them if they were. They were just sitting in the dirt opposite ends of the field, this was about a day after the field was harvested so the mother hen must been...
Hi everyone, a few weeks ago while i was out in the field i stumbled upon 2 small green eggs! I took them home and bought an incubator and one of them has hatched, looks to be healthy he is eating and drinking too. I decided to get some fertilised chicken eggs off eBay too and they look to be...