You know you love chickens when....
You bring your lonely injured guy into the living room so that he can hear voices. I'm cheeping to him too. His wound has scabbed up good and he's eating a drinking. Still scratching a bit but now that it's scabbed up it looks okay, hopefully he won't scratch the scab off.
How long have the eggs been incubating?
If a short period, I'd clean them. If close to hatching, leave them alone.
My thinking is that the feces on the eggs long term could be a problem.
I had a broody fill the nest with feces the last couple days before hatching. I guess she never got up. She apparently thought the hatch was imminent or the hatch was protracted.
All the chicks were fine.
Rooster ripped her up really bad and took a chunk out of her neck when she was still pretty young. I had to keep my other goose in the tub too as they were already close.
I don't think ours are escapees. I believe they're wild type. They're typical of the wild color.
How long have the eggs been incubating?
If a short period, I'd clean them. If close to hatching, leave them alone.
My thinking is that the feces on the eggs long term could be a problem.
I had a broody fill the nest with feces the last couple days before hatching. I guess she never got up. She apparently thought the hatch was imminent or the hatch was protracted.
All the chicks were fine.
Rooster ripped her up really bad and took a chunk out of her neck when she was still pretty young. I had to keep my other goose in the tub too as they were already close.
