I've thought about this but personally thought it would just end up being impractical with having to turn the eggs and keeping the right humidity. Would be interested to see how someone did it if they tried and succeeded in this way!
So one of my marans who's coming up on two years went through a traumatic experience an then went into molt and stopped laying (understandably) but it's now been 6 months since after her molt and still NO eggs . I'm going to be giving away half my flock to another family and I was wondering if a...
Four months ago I put piperazine dihydrochloride in the chickens water but I made Way more than I needed so I put the rest inside a bucket that was not exposed to the air I'm wondering now if this solution is still good to give my chickens for another worming,
thanks for all the answers!!
hatcheries nearly always dont stick to the standard but that is a dark brahma. Just very "poor" quality. But it really doesn't look like a male to me... but just the colouring really says male
Cant tell from the pic if there's a spot on the back of the head but if there is it' s either a barred rock (probably pullet) or black sex link (%100 male) if there isn't it's an australorp. Of course it could be a rarer breed like black jersey giant or a mix but those are my guesses :)
Quite simply. Constantly be picking them up, walking around with them etc... get them used to having you hand over their wings as this is a problem with some older birds that haven't been handled enough. Also very gently from a young age slowly fold out their wings often so you can do it when...
Sorry to hear about your loss :( It was probably a gizzard or crop impoundment. I lost a chicken to it too :( The main thing is to not let them eat fiborous foods like long pieces of grass. If it's a crop impoundment you can try massaging the crop and putting olive oil in the water but this...