I thought my head count was right, but it turned out I was off by 1! This morning I found a very scared baby chick, pinned between the wall and bin we have them in temporarily. I wrapped her wings to her body as they were sore and stuck upright. Nothing appears to be broken, but I am keeping her...
I have had a silky broody hen and she's been sitting on her eggs for the last 21 days. 7 of the 8 hatched, the 8th egg I placed in my incubator as it was still viable, with 12 others I am incubating. It's been 2 days since the other eggs have hatched and the lone egg that did not hatch is...
I placed crayon wax on one of my eggs that fell and cracked, yesterday. Day 19. Do I need to help this lil one hatch? It had some bleeding, so I used corn starch to help and sealed big cracks with wax. It's moving around and chirping. Seems ready to hatch. What should I do? Just leave it?