Hey yall! Wish my first post was something more cheerful but here we are. Got gifted 6 chicks that seem around 2 weeks old. Saw this little one have a small growth a couple days ago but wasn’t worried. Today i noticed another small bump developing and the beak area is swollen! What do i do? What...
I have 7 eggs in my incubator, two hatched right on Day 21. The other five have not pipped at all and tonight will be the 48 hr mark for the chicks who did hatch. Should I take the chicks out and put them in my brooders nest or leave them for another day? Also, should I candle my other eggs to...
Hi all!
I am picking up my first flock of chicks on April 16th! I ordered 10 chicks - see below:
2 x Red Sex Link
2 x Barred Plymouth Rock
1 x Columbian Rock X
1 x Black Sex Link
1 x Noirans
1 x Leghorn
1 x Azure Blue
1 x Olive
All are coming from Frey's Hatcheries. We wanted to do...
The first chick hatched in my new incubator but she keeps walking around all the unhatched eggs, which is causing them to roll around. I marked both sides so I would know which side to turn them to, and I stopped turning them two days ago. I read that if they are turned after that time period...
Our broody just hatched her first ever baby, and the first ever hatch for our little homestead. We are so excited. Baby seems to be doing well, mamma is taking very good care to keep him protected from the other curious hens. She is sitting on 8 other eggs, and I'm excited to see how many more...
Despite me doing absolutely EVERYTHING wrong...my Wizzygig did it!!!!!
Today, which is day 21, I was determined to find out if there were going to be chicks...Like I said...I did absolutely everything wrong!
First, didn't move Wizzygig off of the nesting box when she went broody...didn't know...