I have two duck eggs that I found in a nest that was destroyed.
I think they are around day 22? and I've had a heat lamp on them for two weeks and keeping them misted and they have been doing well. I can see the babies and veins as of this morning but this afternoon the veins are now starting to...
I have had a plethora of hiccups with this batch of silkie eggs. First, my broody hen abandoned them...twice! I found them cool to the touch the time I decided to bring them inside and incubate them. Then, they got unplugged on accident...twice! The first was overnight and the second was for an...
My almost two year old Speckled Sussex (I’m pretty sure she’s the one)has been laying eggs that have a raised ridge all around the midsection of the egg with tiny cracks in the ridge. She seems just fine and lays one like this at least once a week. She has layer feed, access to oyster shell...
Either we've been luck all of these years, or this is rare.. We've had egg laying birds for over a decade now. We are a small, mixed organic farm. Our present layers are a mix of heritage breeds. They've been with us for just over a year now. We have 18 hens and one roo. They all look happy and...