She still had not delivered yet this morning so I was getting her ready for her warm bath when my father-in-law came along. He pushed until he seen the tip of the egg crown. We rubbed the membrane and kind of squeezed behind the egg and she finaly let the egg out. I have to say it's really...
I moved her to another quiet dark place. If she hasn't passed it over night I'm going to do the warm bath in the morning. Had planned on doing it tonight and keep her in the house but my 3 year old was not about to leave her alone and it's to cold to keep her outside being wet and this late...
I have her cleaned up and rubbed some lanolin oil on the vent area. I seperated her and made a little chicken ICU pen with a dog house and a wire dog crate, and put in some old rags she was happy to nest in. Going to give her an hour or so and we'll see what happens. I've been reading other...
ok was just out cleaning her up and now I can see that it's a GIANT egg she's trying to push out! Do I just let her be or do I do something to help her? if this started yesterday is there another one coming behind it?
ouch!!!
I am new to chickens and not really sure what to do. I have 21 chickens w/4 roos and these are all free range chickens. I let them out early in the morning and close them up once they've all roosted. I have a domonique hen who is about 5 months old (got all the chickens as baby chickens so...
The coop itself will be 8 x 12. The plan is for 20 chickens. The run will be about double that. They will probably have free run of the area around the bumb lamb barn but figure it would be nice to have a portected place for them to hang out when we are not around. They will be put in at...
My husband I farm up in NE Montana and we have decided we (with lots of wonderful help from my mother-in-law) are going to get some chickens this spring. We are planning on making the coop and the run this fall in preperation of the baby chicks. All though we are not getting the chicks for the...