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I just hatched my first ever eggs in the incubator! I started with 12 eggs and lost 2 during early candling due to them not progressing- All 10 of the eggs left hatched! Not bad for my first time! I have no idea the breed of these chicks so I'm excited to see what they grow into. (neighbor gave...

Hi! Just wanted to share what I did to treat my silkie hen who was suffering from a very bad case of Mycoplasma / upper respiratory infection .. short version I bought a portable nebulizer on Amazon (ASOMI brand $44) I had some Equisilver Respiratory Solution also from Amazon for my horse...

25 chicks hatched!! Yay. Hoping more do. See a few have pipped. One is trying to break shell. After 2 days of being hatched, it was time to pull a few out. Yay!!!

Hey all! Just wanted to share a small success. I had two 16 wk drakes and one hen when I got a few more babies last week. The drakes werent letting the babies eat or drink and kept chasing them. Had the drakes processed yesterday morning and the hen has been guarding/warming the babies (5 wks-10...

I was wondering what success folks have had ordering and raising chicks. I am Midwest and winter temps occasionally get below 20F and sometimes below 10F (prolly 2 times a year) for short periods. I have a well insulated shop and a galvanized 6' oval stock tank as a brooder with heat lamp...

Hi The emu cracked a hole in the shell this morning! It should hatch later today at around midnight or tomorrow morning! Sooooooo excited! Thank You sooooo much to everyone for the help and tips for hatching emus! What should I start feeding it? Meal worms, vegetables, etc... When should I...

So the 19 chicklets were getting a bit crowded in their "junior camp coop" as they are growing, and only about two weeks shy of being 16 weeks old and truly, officially ready to integrate with the 9 Big Girls and 2 roos. We've been letting them mingle throughout the day, or at least part of the...

Whew! After 8 years I finally got brave (prayed a lot!!!!) and used the table saw for the first time - AND I still have ALL my fingers, woo hoo! I had learned here on BYC why my hens weren't using one of their roosts, and it was because it wasn't flat, as they prefer. So I cut a 2x4 to put there...

Well I had a chicken, Aretha, that had bumblefoot that I just noticed today. It was a fairly large scab, so I operated. I had my mother hold her in a towel and keep her head covered while I worked on her foot. Aretha, for the most part, was very calm during surgery. While I'm sure it still hurt...