One of my young hens died at about 6 weeks age. She looked fine, alert, but strangely unflustered when I picked her up, normally being very shy, because I noticed something wrong with her. Her legs were useless, not totally paralyzed but not able to stand her up anymore. I isolated her and...
So, I'm considering spending some money on a slightly more expensive incubator - a brinsea - but am uncertain due to the room temperature requirements.
Here's the thing: we live off grid in the hills in a very minimalistic fashion. Our solar power is limited and natural temperature swings can...
Hey everyone, I'm new here and need some ideas of how to resolve the issues I'm having with incubation.
I've got a relatively cheap incubator from amazon.es - a rectangular design with rollers, forced air, bottom water tank. At first appearance it seems to be working reasonably well.
I've...
Hi, I'm Naturalness
I have a flock of 14 chickens plus a few chicks at the moment and am looking to increase the numbers to insure egg and meat production for my family. We're homesteaders in rural Spain. I've had chickens for about 6 years now, initially in Indonesia where I lived for some...