My hen is a lil over a year old I believe not really for sure. White leghorn
I have noticed the past few days that it hurts her to run and you can see her limp once in a while! I dont know what to do with her. I tried warm soapy soak and peroxide but it doesnt seem any better. It also look like...
this lil chick hatched out Sunday and its bum just isnt right ! and now monday it hasnt changed any except it is dry now?
I dunno if I can fix this or if it will stay like this or correct its self?? I just dunno ANY ADVICE???
and again
I have a RIR chick pipping out and I can see the whites of the egg oozing out looks like the was an over abundance of it!
do I need to help the chick out will it drown in this?? HELP PLEASE THANKS
I have 6 month old RIR and so far only 2 of them have been taking turns laying !
UNTIL today I have a 3rd girl laying this one looked like it hurt it is a small egg not as big around as the other (hence 1st egg)
there are a few streaks of blood on it dunno if u can tell !!
here is it compared...
I hatched out 2 chick out of my mixed flock a couple weeks ago I found this to be funny!! I took her from my broody to take a quick pic boy oh boy was she mad at me !! LOL
She is out of my RIR girl and my roo is a leghorn cross
here is her brother I believe he is the same cross?
What do u think is she close to laying
I think she is laying but she is pale in her waddles and around her eyes
and this girl BR I know she is laying but how close is she at the end of laying they say u can tell by their fading
her legs are grey and it is hard to tell in the pic but at...
I bought baby BO Pullets today at Orschlens I didnot notice anything was wrong with this one till I got it home.
All the other chicks are pecking around trying to keep up with my babies that are a couple weeks older but this one just walks in circles
I dont know what to do I am affraid its...
My flock free ranges half the day. So I go out to the coop tonight to shut the gate. Only to find my roo
he looks so sad ! I have a broody hen that is setting on a clutch of 7 eggs and over the past 2 day she is down to 5 eggs! So This afternoon after the 2nd egg got smashed I brought her into...
Help !! today I went out to check on my broody girl and her 7 eggs as always! We are on day 19!
I go out and insepect to ensure no one else has added any eggs to her clutch and just to glance at eggs any chance I get LOL!!!
this evening I went out and found this one egg due to hatch tuesday...
I have a thread that I am posting about my eggs that are about ready to hatch. I am wondering how i update the subject line of my existing post??
I see others doing this but I dunno
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum I do not know where this would fit in!
Thank you
I bought a new Roo yesterday @ Croy Creek Trader Fair! I think he is a Barnyard. Anyway I generally let my girls out daily after they've laid there eggs which is about noon.
I did not let them out yesterday due to new roo. And today I am wondering if I should let them out or give him a day or...
I just recently lost my roo and I am looking for one in the South Central Indiana Region! I would prefer it is at least 18 weeks if not a little bit older. I have Rhode Island Reds but would take another breed
Thanks
Amber
I am SUPER EXCITED I CAN"T WAIT TILL HATCH!!
I for the 1st time set 25 eggs in my little giant incubator!!
21 eggs are TRUE RIR (not hatchery) the 4 others will b mutts from my friends' white crested polish roo and her barred PR hen!!
It is holding a steady temp of 100.2 with 41% humidity...
I let my chickens out yesterday just as always. I give them a treat then they go around the yard pickin. We have 3 acres they can roam on and they never get more than an acre away from the coop. well they had settled down to roost for the nite about 830 so I went to close the gate, as always...
My friend has A Barred Plymouth Rock hen and a Polish Crested Roo!! I was telling her on MONDAY I am going to be starting my 2 dozen RIR eggs in incubator!! she said she had fertile eggs from these 2 and was curious to see what they would look like..
AND being the chick-a-holic that i am said...
My friend has A Barred Plymouth Rock hen and a Polish Crested Roo!! I was telling her MONDAY I am going to be start my 2 dozen RIR eggs in incubator!! she said she had fertile eggs from these 2 and was curious to see what they would look like..
AND being the chick-a-holic that i am said "I'll...
I just came across this site!! It is great 4 first timers like me!
there is a whealth of information on here! I had so many ?? and Alot were answered on BYC for me and this site just adds even more!!
http://www.surehatch.com/Egg-Incubation-info.htm
I will be starting my eggs MONDAY...
my dad is collecting eggs fro me so I can incubate them. He gets 6 eggs a day I would like to have 2 or 3 days worth.
So while he is collecting them for me to have enough they should not be put in fridge RIGHT??
or does it matter? I would not think u could incubate eggs after they have been in...