Thanks. Her legs are out to her side and she has strength in her feet. She can grab onto things. Her head tends to weave back and forth, making eating and drinking almost impossible.
My 8 week old Black Marans became lame 5 days ago, in her flock of 18 other pullets. She is the only one exhibiting symptoms. My first guess was Marek's, but I was hoping someone could help me try to figure out what is wrong with her. She is eating and drinking when I feed her by hand, but...
I am reducing my flock of laying hens. The breeds available include: Black Copper Marans, Splash Marans, Blue Copper Marans, Olive Egger, Easter Egger, Delaware, White Cochin, Buff Polish, Blue Andalusian, Gold Laced Wyandotte, Wheaton Ameracauna, Dorking, Gold Star, Leghorn, Welsummer and...
Has anyone ever used the same incubator to hatch two different groups of eggs at the same time? I started on group on this past Sunday night, and want to add another 12 on Thursday night, so they will be four days apart. I don't see any problem until day 18 for the first group. I can take the...
Thanks for the encouragement! Hopefully, yours have started to hatch now. I ended up with a 62% hatch rate, which I am happy with for my first time. Already getting ready for my next group! Please share your photos and experience!!
I am very excited that my chicks have begun hatching! I have 24 "viable" eggs in the incubator with two hatched out already. It is very difficult to resist taking those little cuties out of the bator - but I know better! These guys are Olive Eggers (French Black Copper Marans roo x Ameracauna...
I am having this same problem in Minnesota with broilers from Hoover's. This is my 7th batch of broilers, and I've never experienced this much loss. I've lost 5-6 for the past two weeks (they are two weeks old on Monday). The last batch was raised in the same brooder, same food, same...
I received my new Ovascope today and was finally able to candle my 10 days incubated BCM and Americauna eggs! This is my first time, so I wasn't sure what I was looking at for the first couple of eggs, but I quickly got the hang of it. It is so exciting to see these little babies moving...