i had the same thing happen. i figured out that my rooster jumped ontop of her when she had a egg bound and the egg brock.she died the next day with a brocken soft egg near her. a way to prevent this is to always have a bowl of oyster shells in the pen.im sorry about the loss.
i have a rooster who will atke the hen and pull a mouthfull of feathers out.one is almost completely bald! help!i have about 45 hen and 4 roosters. can you give me any tips?
Two female one male Jack Russels. They are nine weeks old and cute as a button! They are spoiled by my kids and have Great personalitys. Hoping someone in the area might be interested!! They will be great for taking care of all those rodents in the barns. Mine loves ground moles!!
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Can someone please give me some advice?? I have had three chicks seperated from the others after I found them with closed, swollen eyes. I started treating with eye wash and neosporin on their eyes. The one chicks eye was so sore, it had a little bit of blood in the eye. Now, two have...
Can someone please tell me the best meat chickens? I was looking at what they call a rainbow broiler. They can forage with your other chickens. I've heard meat broilers die quite easily. Any info would be greatly appriciated!! Are meat chickens all males or mixed? I just didn't want to...
I'm so excited I had to tell someone. I am getting my eight swedish hen chicks today. I have been waiting for these guys since Thanksgiving. I bought eggs, but they all died. So they worked with me to purchase some chicks. They have been so great! They made it possible to meet them to pick...
So, I was wondering what if you cross a White Leghorn hen with a Rhode Island Rooster? Just wondering if the cross is close to a golden comit or dose it have to be a NH? I love my golden comets too. They are laying such great big eggs! I have a the hen and rooster above, what do you get when...
What a good hen! The chicks will be happier! My hen did that too. She hatched 2 and one died. I had another batch hatched in the incubator with some duck eggs. She ended up being a mommy to all of them. All 12. She was a happy hen too!! The ducks didn't care and neither did she! Good...
Yes, these were shipped Swedish hens. I guess thats why this one bothers me so much! I was really looking forward to have these guys in my coop! I guess, its all a gamble!! I have had failures in the past, but since I got my new incubator, I have had much better hatch rates. I know shipped...
Thank You everone for your feedback! I do have a fan in my Brinsia incubator with a humidity pump. Temp could be wrong, I haven't ever double checked it. I just hatched 15 beutiful lavenders and BLW with no problem. It seems to be these eggs giving me trouble. I am very good about not...
Ok, I was checking my incubator, and it says 99.8. I was a little off on my reading. But, what I wondering, is if the eggs aren't through the inner membrain of the egg yet, can they still shrink wrap?
My tem is 98 and my humidity is 58. I am at 23 and I only opened it once but tried to leave the lid on as best as possible. When I found live chicks, I didn't candle any further. I has two dead chicks in first eggs I checked. They were out and back in in seconds. One eggs I didn't even...