Hey Everyone!!
My chickens have something weird going on. All the back of their heads look like this (18) and my bearded/muff chickens have lost their muffs as well.
Ive looked them over and there are no bugs on them at all. I am at a loss.
I have a 9 month old english orpington rooster he has been doing great up until Wednesday. Tuesday he was fine crowning mating dust bathing etc. .. Wednesday when I got home I noticed he was just standing in one spot not moving not free ranging with the girls. I picked him up and looked him...
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I just bought a Genesis Hovabator 1588 and it came with 40 coturnix quail eggs as a kit. Well I have other eggs that I need to incubate. I was reading and I see that it only takes 16-18 days for them to hatch, So my question is can i just set the quail eggs a few days later...
Hello Everyone,
So i recently purchased a Genesis Hovabator 1588 and the kit that I purchased came with 40 coturnix quail eggs. I also have other eggs that I need to incubate. My question is , can I incubate the chicken and quail eggs together and just set the quail eggs a few days after the...
I have up for sale a Brinsea Mini Eco Incubator. I have used it twice. The only reason that I am selling it is because I am getting the Brinsea Octo 20. Just need something bigger. I loved the Mini. It holds temperature well. Both times I hatched I got 100% hatch rate. Its very easy to use...
I know this it is mixed with Ameraucana because that is the only pea combed breed that they had. Not sure if its mom or dad was the ameraucana. please tell me what you think !!!
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In april I got 2 leghorn chicks to add white eggs to my egg carton :) They have been doing great, started laying about a month ago and have laid everyday since then. Well, yesterday I noticed one of my girls Whitey ( my kids named her ) she was acting kind of standoffish and not very...
I have a Salmon Faverolles rooster and a splash Marans hen. She was sitting on some eggs and one of them happened to be her own. The eggs hatched out today and the one that was hers kinda looks blue with the faverolle "white" underneath the body And also the little beard/muff is whiteish yellow...
Hello Everyone! I just recently bought a Brinsea Mini Eco, and from what I understand it doesn't come with a thermometer. So my question is how do I control the temperature and the humidity? Does it come preset at a temperature of 99.5? Is it easy to hatch in these ? I had the styrofoam...
I went and bought a still air incubator today model 2100. The top temperature says 101.00 but the gauge inside is reading like 106.0 . I am new to this so I don't know what to do or which one to go by. If in turn the temp down, the temp on the thermometer on the incubator goes down to 90.0 and...
I have a Easter Egger, she will be a year old in November. She was and has been one of my best laying chickens. She even laid me a couple double yolkers. For the last 14 days I haven't gotten an egg from her. She doesn't seem lethargic, she eats well has been dust bathing. Has oyster shells...
I have a Faverolles hen, and after she gets mounted, she walks backwards for about 30 seconds, then she shakes her head and seems to be fine. She eats well,acts fine. Does anyone have an idea of why she does this?
Evening All,
A month ago I got 4 chickens from a good friend, three of those 4 I know are pullets. Well there is one I am not sure about. I know for sure that it is mixed with a game rooster, But it is on the bigger side, its mother was a full size hen just not sure the breed. I have some...
I have recently gotten 4 FBCM and I know for sure there are two cockerels ( will be getting rid of those ) and these other two I am unsure of. Could someone chime in and let me know what you think?? The pictures that I post will be of two different babies.
Hello.. this morning when I went to go feed my chickens I went up there to my rooster having a bloody chest/face/comb. My neighbors have a game rooster that doesn't stay locked up and he came over this morning and tried to attack my rooster through the fence. Naturally my rooster is going to try...