If it is cold out when you collect eggs I normally allow them to sit room temp with pointed side down in a carton for 24hrs before incubation. Seems to help.
What is your drake to hen ratio?
What is your humidity when incubating duck eggs?
Okay so I got these as eggs last year and hatched them out. They are all 8-9m old now. Came from a breeder and they all should all be purebreed.
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Number 2 I am leaning towards hen.
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Number 5
I was wonering about the barred feathers. That was throwing me off. There are also not many photos online that I could find about the color. I would like to hatch some chicks out from them. Do you know if the chicks would be the same color mostly? I know with some dilute colors you don't get the...
Because her nubs are they same length she hobbles/walks around just fine. She is shorter than the rest of the chickens. I just have to ensure that her pen is kept clean and doesn't get muddy. We actually just moved them to my parents old lean-to coop and it is much better. They stay way dryer...
It definitely has been a learning curve. I figure when it starts to get cold again I will probably have to wrap them to make sure she doesn't get anymore frostbite with them. I was actually thinking about trying to sew her some booties but just haven't figured out what would be best yet. I would...
She normally walks just fine on the stubs. She does flap her wings to help her go faster if she wants to run towards something. Like a treat lol.
She does occasionally get pressure sores. When she does I use vet wrap and gauze to make like a sock that covers her stump and up her legs. She...
Sweet Pea.
She lost both her feet from frostbite. She was given to me when her feet turned black because the people no longer wanted her. She is only a year old. She lays a beautiful blue green egg almost every day.
Definitely say the horse farm was better than any kennel I worked for personally.
Wish I wouldn't have every broke my foot and had to quit that horse job.
I found her while she called to him but I have not been able to locate the nest.
Also a side question. My other Guinea that hangs with my chickens is now nesting on chicken eggs... should I let her hatch some or try and break her of it? She is nesting in the chicken coop floor with chicken...
Okay I know I seem her last afternoon but I forgot to check if they were in that coop that night.
He has nothing to do with the other hen yet. She hangs with the chickens they free range together.
I have new keets that are about 2m old I am just waiting till they are a little older to add...