Nothing, I thought I remember the dosage and I put two tbsp in one gallon and they are all fine. today I came back here just to be sure and see I way overdid it.
All of my babies are just fine and today have the right dose.
Oh my gosh. I could choke her. She is the SMALLEST adult chicken I have, and I mean tiny. She's got sort of a silky head and a partridge cochin body and coloring - feathered feet.
Anyway, she has been sitting and sitting on eggs for weeks. I keep taking them away, but was letting her sit on 1...
Okay, so I haven't thought about this because I never raised babies...but now I am.
I have 1 rooster and 7 hens - 7 babies from the rooster/hens. When the babies grow up, isn't the rooster going to "do it" with the hens who are his babies?
What do other people do? Separate them or...you...
Thank you Sally, I was scanning the threads but none really said if the chick will be an acrobatic once you pip of if it is normal to hear nothing or see nothing.
I have sinced researched shrink wrap ( i move quick)- and I think that's what happened to this chick. The membrane was tight...
Internally pipped last night and was really chirping loud, today nothing. I found the air sac and I pipped for it just now and nothing happened. I can see it in there, but there is no movement. Would it be normal for a person to pip it, and have the chick not make any sound or movements?
The egg was not viable unfortunately. I did find the post on the water test and did it. Today my daughter took the egg to the woods and opened it. Fully developed chick, just didn't work out.
Now I have one who internally pipped last night, but I have heard NADA all day today. I tried to...
So far I've hatched out 7 chicks. There is one egg, that is a bantam egg, the others that were the same size hatched 4-5 days ago. I don't see any movement - but I dont know? It could have been layed later than the other eggs - I took these out from my broody hen after a chick hatched and it...
So many cute babies. I have so far successfully hatched these babies. They are 1 and 2 days old here.
These two are like hmm...you look a lil different. Isn't that interesting.
I'm not fat, just fluffy.
I know exactly what you mean in regard to the husband raining on your parade! Men. Sheesh.
Your babies are beautiful Jeanna! My buff is my most favoritest chicken ever. She got attacked by a hawk in february - VERY bad - I nursed her and she knows it. She is the most appreciative chicken I...
You know what - we all make mistakes. I'm sure you completely trusted your border collie, and probably 99% of the time can! It's just something that happened. Don't be embarrassed. You made an honest mistake - a quick run into the house can turn into anything.
I ran in to warm up my tea the...
Oh. My. God. Hatching chicks is sooo amazing.
I have some eggs of mass confusion in the incubator(s) no idea when anything is supposed to hatch as I pulled most out of the nests after one baby died that hatched outside.
So, I've been waiting, patiently. Candling, watching video after video...
I made the temp a little higher in the incubator, cause I'm reading with still air it has to be a little higher which for some reason doesn't make sense to me. I'd figure with still air it's not moving, and would inevitably be hotter than the air that's moving around circulating...but what do I...
The temperature is 99.5 steady. I just candled again and it looks like two should be hatching like right now. The whole egg is full with dark except at the very point, and then at the round end I can see an air sac.
Two of the eggs I can't tell anything because they are brown. And the other...
I have two broody hens - one is a Miss Penelope, a black cochin and sitting on big eggs that I don't think she is effectively incubating....but Miss Julie - she's got the good clutch.
I didn't begin with the intention of hatching eggs. One day turned into two, two into three of her sitting on...
Baymule, reading your story was great! I've decided on just building a super secure run with my dad and uncle this spring. This weekend we are closing in the open side of the coop and they can at least come and go in there. When I am out there then they are happily running around, but the hawk...