the egg will be fine my guinea hen got off the nest when 2 chicks hatched butthe guinea eggs still hadnt hatched. Plus it was 20 degrees outside but i took the chicks and waited overnight to see if shed go back and of course she didnt and that night it was freezing and the next day i put all 9...
Update: The two chicks are fine. And so far 4 have hatched and 3 are piping and two are moving around so all is good. the one thathave hatched are lavender and white. will post piks soon.
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The ones that have hatched are chicks not keets thats why they hatched sooner. And now i have a lock on my door so if she does come over and im not here she cant get them
Its fall here around 30degrees at night so i didnt think my mama guinea wood hatch any, but today there were two baby chicks. I had to take em away she was trying to get them to follow her around. Anyways there are 9 guinea eggs in the nest and they shood hatch in 7 days since chickens take 21...
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Yea I understand that alot of people find their chickens more like pets than livestock. I just threw that part in their to give another reeson
its ok i am just 15 and dont really everplan on eating me pets lol
Idk but she can walk about a foot but on her tippy toes and she doesnt put her legs out striaght when she does walk. She has ben like thisfor 2 days but has goten way worse since yesterday. She was setting on a nest and htched out 23 babies but i took the babies from her. is there any idea whats...
Well they are very loud, they eat anything bug wise mine eat snakes and mice, most arent tame but mine i have never pinned up and still are tame, really good flyers. And i just personally love them but then again i love birds. Andd why cant you have any?
Ok just give me your fav. breed and some reasons why
Ok here it goes mine is Silkies:
1. They are so soft
2. Very frendly
3. Sit on eggs
4. Love being petted
I could go on longer but those are the main reasons they are my favs. now your turn!
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Well it started with one duckling on the side of the road and now we have 4 chickens & 3 ducks. We only bought 3 of the chickens, the rest were given away. How could I resist giving these guys a home?
i no how you feel one of my dads frends wanted to give all 26 of there chickens (they...
I had a rooster who was always being bullied by my other roos and im not sure what hapened but one of his toes was as big as my thumb and it was swelled so bad it broke penned him up for a couple months till he cood walk and i let him go. Then the toe was suddenly swelling agian i penned him up...