smell

Hello all! I purchased one of the new Chickcozy incubators and have my first batch of eggs in it. (And shipped eggs no less - urggg!!) Love the design and everything about the incubator except for the SMELL. It smells like horrible chemicals from offgassing. I’m scared all of my eggs are going...

Broody Hen sitting on 9 eggs I check periodically. She is due to hatch any day now. now there were only 5 eggs, that are all covered in gunk and it smells totally rotten under there. Poor thing, it really stinks. this could have been like this for a few days already. Should I remove...

hi everyone, so I’ve got my ducks and chickens in a fenced in yard about 1600 square feet. It’s all dirt at this point after they’ve eaten pretty much any grass. I’ve noticed that I’m starting to see a lot of flies in the area probably from the ground being compacted and there waste sitting on...

Question: Im ready to move them from brooder into guinea pig cage which 14in x 25in. They are week old now only four quail. My question is how do you clean out cage if they are flipping out? Do I remove them every time or just work around them? Planning to do the bedding method any tips of...

I looked for an answer for this, and didn't see it, if it's there. I'm using an existing storage area on the side of my garage for a Duck coop. It has block walls up most of the way, (not all the way so there will be good venting) and a concrete floor. Should I seal the block walls and floor...

I decided to raise quail this year. I have 30 healthy jumbos I hatched from eggs out in a hutch. They are nearly four weeks old now and fully feathered. Anyway I'm a little worried. Half of the hutch is on wire and the inside part I have a pull out tray (little over two inches deep) that I...

I have two ducks that are about 5 weeks old now. One is a Pekin. They’re both going through their feathering stage and it all seems to be going very well. However, yesterday I noticed for the first time that the Pekin is a bit smelly. It’s a sour laundry kind of smell. They both have bath time...

We had one smelly egg that we removed and candles the remaining eggs more than a week ago. Today is hatch day and we haven't even had a pip yet. So worried. A whole month of turning eggs and fretting over temp and humidity...

Hi, all. We have a strange egg situation that I thought I’d get ideas on. I went to collect the eggs yesterday and noticed the largest (presumably from our Pekin) had a pale green shell. I didn’t think much of it at the time, as our Khaki Campbell lays the occasional tinted egg. My daughter...

Ok, so I’ve been going outside this past week after light rain and the run SMELLS! it is plain dirt, and never smelt during the summer. I rake it every once in a while. Even after taking today, it still smells. My neighbor keeps overwatering their yard and flooding my chicken run (the drain is...

Just wondering as a first time quail owner what’s the norm regarding quail smell? I know it’s important to clean frequently because they are known to smell, but I somewhat assumed it’d be from the faecal matter build up, like in chickens and ducks. My quail chicks are starting to develop their...

I have a 4 fully grown quail, 3 hens, and a rooster. Their droppings usually never smelled that bad however recently it's been unbearable to the point I have no choice but to fully clean and disinfect their cage every day. I have been feeding them manna pro gamebird feed all their life, water...

I am currently raising 10 jersey giant chicks who are about three weeks old. Today when I got home from school the brooder smelled bad! How do I keep the brooder smelling good?

Sat on paper in the coop and didn’t see the poo! oh man is it smelly!:oops::sick My favorite jeans- my only non hole jeans! How do you get the smell out? Washing 2 times! Showered twice- don’t laugh but I reacted by brushing my hand on it... ewwww! Wash wash wash! Tips please.... sigh...

Hi again! Boy oh boy have I already posted a lot of questions :rolleyes: But everyone has been so helpful, I thought I'd ask another. I have 10 Coturnix quail eggs in my incubator right now. Today is day 13 and I plan to lockdown tonight. However, I've been noticing a bad smell coming from my...

Hello, I have my duck pen on cement with a thick layer of straw. When it gets wet, it gets this strong swamp like smell and it can be bad. Does anyone know a way to help this? Maybe something different than straw? Do coop deodorizers really work? Thanks!

I’m building a new home. It will have an attached garage. I have an idea to make an egg box built into the wall of the garage (kind of like a dog Door ;). My plan is just to have 3-5 chickens in a shed just outside the garage, and the egg box will be in the wall of the garage. My contractor is...

Hi I have an emu egg and it was smelling like rotten eggs since last week, but about 2 days ago, I changed the water that I put into the incubator for humidity. I was using water straight from the sink. But 2-3 days ago, I started boiling the water to get rid of contaminants, I let the water...

My eggs smell like sulfur and urine, especially when I cook them... I don't eat these ones because I fear that it will taste like sulfur or that these eggs are contaminated. How do I get rid of this sulfur smell? Are there certain foods I should be giving them to improve the smell? Right now...

I've seen people ask about raising quail indoors, or reducing smell in coops. I actually have my coop with 4 birds, in my bedroom. Before I had to move back in with my folks, I had them in my apartment. How can I handle it? I've actually figured out how to create a nearly completely smell free...