Definitely doesn't look like pipping sadly. i would like to say he has a good chance too because it is just the air sac, the only worrying part is just at the edge where the air sac meets the shell there is a bit of blood so i'm worried it may have cracked a tiny bit past the air sac i guess...
My hen has been sitting on 3 eggs and all were moving at day 16 candling, today (day 19 or 20) i went out to find that another hen has decided to lay in her nest box and broken the egg at the bottom (just broken into the air sac), there was a tiny bit of blood under the shell. I stopped the...
thanks, she stayed when i sat her back on them and she's acting broody again, it seems like she just forgot all about it! But it's been a really cold, rainy day so they were very cold. What will i notice different when i candle if they are dead? is it just movement i should look for?
My RIR was sitting on 3 eggs, they are due to hatch around 5th September. Today she left her eggs, i thought nothing of it as she hops off twice a day for 20 minutes or so to drink and eat, i went back and 4 hours later she is still off her eggs, they are stone cold. I placed her back on and she...
I gave her a bath in medicated small animals shampoo and then used antiseptic violet spray, this morning she's as red as ever, i've slathered her in sudocrem this morning and will bathe and spray her again later. anymore ideas? i dont want to have to cull her
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Thank you so much! i actually noticed just after posting this that she has a slight prolapse when she went for a poo! sounds like exactly the same thing! thank you!! i'll let you know how she gets on, i'll go out this afternoon to get the stuff to wash her
I have 4 hens, my bluebelle is bald all over her chest right under her tummy and round her vent area (where she is also very pooey), essentially she has just a long bald patch from chest to bum! It is very very red and inflamed however i cannot find mites or lice on any of the chickens or in the...