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I have an egg and I weigh it everyday and it is losing weight but today I weighed it and it gained one gram. I keep the humidity 30 to 34% but it only gained one gram today. It's an emu egg. Why is it gaining weight? Is this okay? The problem could be caused from an inaccurate scale reading...
Hi, I have a Black-copper-maran pullet almost hen that has been sick for over 4 weeks. It's crazy that I purchased two together because the other one was smaller (Pettie Lune-little moon) but now the little one has matured into a hen and the other sick one remains a pullet (Ma Chari-my darling)...
This is like my 5th or 6th try. I'm on day 10 and by the chart my eggs are at like day 3-4. My temp. is steady at 99-100. The humidity is between 35-45 ambient. No water in the incubator.
Egg 1
Egg 6
Egg 5
Egg 4
Egg 3
Egg 2
I also did the weight loss thing in grams.
Egg 1 -...
so my one female pekin had some issues with not laying, the doctor thought maybe it was an infection so she prescribed her cephalexin 2 times a day for a little over a week. Yesterday morning was her last treatment. I noticed her face has gotten a little fatter. Is this normal? I posted...
I have two does - a mother and daughter (I do not milk the mom, and daughter seems weaned except for the occasional comfort nursing). The mother is a bit over 2.5 years, and the daughter is about 11 months old. The daughter is slightly overweight, but Little Mama, who has never been particularly...
Hey BYC,
Around the beginning to mid May, my only chicken, a 3 year old barred rock Martha, became broody. We decided to order fertilized eggs for her to hatch resulting in two chicks mid June. Almost two weeks ago I noticed Marthas comb want the deep red and straight up as it usually was. I...