- Nov 11, 2011
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so i had these two hens and a rooster
one hen and the rooster were aseel breeds tall birds
most of th 20 eggs were from the other domestic misri breed hen
i set 20 eggs under the aseel hen on the 7th september
i removed just one after candling after one week
the hen broke three and ate them in the first few days
she is an excellent broody hen so i am sure she knew they were not developing
or maybe they just broke because aseel breed hens have small eggs with relatively thinner shells
of the 17 eggs left one egg broke at 17 days and the chick died despite my attempts at repairing the egg
13 eggs hatched out of the 16 eggs left between 26 and 28 september
the 3 eggs were bad and i threw them
4 chicks were aseel and the other 9 chicks were mixed breeds betweem misri and aseel
we were all happy letting the chicks free range everyday for many hours in our small backyard garden
they were kept mostly from the other hens and the rooster
we fed them a homemade starter formula for chicks
the chicks grew healthy with nice feathers and tails
at a month and a half TRAGEDY
i introduced a new hen to the flock
it seemed healthy but our rooster and the other hen got ill and died in just one or two days max
they had difficulty breathing and the hen had painfully swollen eyes
i seperated them from the chicks and their mother hen
just two days later one chick got ill
all the chicks were given exce
llent home made organic diets and had been perfectly healthy till now no meds
i quarantined the chick and it died in a few hours
then another two fall ill
no symptoms
just droopy feathers and then they died
within 3 days 12 chicks had died despite trying various meds on different chicks and seperating the chicks into groups of 2 or 3
it has been a week now and the one remaining chick is with its mother and seems healthy
no more free ranging though
we knew all the 13 chicks and they all had "personalities"
since the chicks didnt show any symptoms it was almost impossible to treat them properly
but what struck me was how fast they all died
i cant stop blaming myself for introducing the new hen as it was probably a carrier
i hope the last chick survives
that should keep the hen happy
did i mention this was my first post in BYC
i am just soooo sad
one hen and the rooster were aseel breeds tall birds
most of th 20 eggs were from the other domestic misri breed hen
i set 20 eggs under the aseel hen on the 7th september
i removed just one after candling after one week
the hen broke three and ate them in the first few days
she is an excellent broody hen so i am sure she knew they were not developing
or maybe they just broke because aseel breed hens have small eggs with relatively thinner shells
of the 17 eggs left one egg broke at 17 days and the chick died despite my attempts at repairing the egg
13 eggs hatched out of the 16 eggs left between 26 and 28 september
the 3 eggs were bad and i threw them
4 chicks were aseel and the other 9 chicks were mixed breeds betweem misri and aseel
we were all happy letting the chicks free range everyday for many hours in our small backyard garden
they were kept mostly from the other hens and the rooster
we fed them a homemade starter formula for chicks
the chicks grew healthy with nice feathers and tails
at a month and a half TRAGEDY
i introduced a new hen to the flock
it seemed healthy but our rooster and the other hen got ill and died in just one or two days max
they had difficulty breathing and the hen had painfully swollen eyes
i seperated them from the chicks and their mother hen
just two days later one chick got ill
all the chicks were given exce
llent home made organic diets and had been perfectly healthy till now no medsi quarantined the chick and it died in a few hours
then another two fall ill
no symptoms
just droopy feathers and then they died
within 3 days 12 chicks had died despite trying various meds on different chicks and seperating the chicks into groups of 2 or 3
it has been a week now and the one remaining chick is with its mother and seems healthy
no more free ranging though
we knew all the 13 chicks and they all had "personalities"
since the chicks didnt show any symptoms it was almost impossible to treat them properly
but what struck me was how fast they all died
i cant stop blaming myself for introducing the new hen as it was probably a carrier
i hope the last chick survives
that should keep the hen happy
did i mention this was my first post in BYC
i am just soooo sad
