Unfortunately I did the same thing, assisted an egg that clearly was shrink wrapped and hadn’t been able to move around its shell to hatch by itself. When it finally came out, it could even walk on its feet, they were curled and it stumbled around on its hock joints. She was chirping very...
Hi all, I’m driving myself crazy trying to guess the sex of my chicks! I have 3 x 4.5 week old orpingtons and 1 x 3.5 week old Araucana. Can you tell if they are pullets or cockerels?
Thank you, it was day 22, the chick hatched unassisted 6 hours later, seemed to be in a hurry and hadn’t fully absorbed the yolk. The blood one has also been putting some decent effort in now
Hello, I’m seeking advice, I have 3 fertile chicken eggs, one pipped 36 hours ago, (from when I first saw it) and has slowly been chipping away at a hole, chirping and picking its beak out. Not sure how long to wait to intervene?
Second egg pipped and there is blood around the area, there is...