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I’m still struggling with her crop, she’s on potent brew now, thought it was under control after antibiotics, but this morning just as big as ever, been giving her chick crumb to see if it will help put some weight on her, she stil looks happy digging for worms ect
I checked in on mine at day 20 nothing was happing, next day checked in and there they were, she stood up a little and could see another egg pipping, I just left her to it and hoped for the best, one egg didn’t make it, I heard the chick inside , she was till sat but it never made it out, and...
My hen moved all the bedding away, and her eggs were on the wooden base of the hutch, I was a little worried, but they were ok . So don’t worry to much about it ,I’m sure moma hen knows what she doing. I don’t think we will stop worrying untill chicks have grown up. Mine are a week old and I’m...
Iv just made a big mistake, I had mama hen & 7 1week old chicks in a rabbit hutch, it was to small, so moved them to a bigger coop & run , they loved it and was able to act like chickens, every thing seemed perfect, but come bedtimes these little dots of chicks couldn’t get up the ramp, so mama...
Have someone with you , taking them while you do the candling . I took some of mine, came out ok but couldn’t see the blood vessels. But still interesting to see.
Thanks it was more worrying then I thought but we got through it, just to sort out next coop & run the hutch is a bit small for so many chicks, really wasn’t expecting that many to hatch, 7 still waiting on last egg but it’s now day 24.
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I did mine at day 10 was a little clearer to see what I was looking at, but was still confused as it was my first time, but did see Little blood vessels, I left them be after that, all off mine hatched apart from one which is late Iv heard it pip, but don’t think it will make it , as...
Thank you , I’m trying to keep them within the flock , iv got a large cage I’m adding but can’t add it to the hutch , as hutch is to high off grown, so will have to wait till they can go in other coop, hopefully then in a couple weeks , they are tiny as their little bantam x . Silkie bantam x
So iv just done a first hatch using a silkie, happened today , still a few more to go, I have her in a hutch inside a pen with the flock, I’m planning of moving them plus mum to a larger coop and run still within the flock, but not sure when I should do this? As the coop has a ramp to get in and...
Yep my fingers are crossed for you, I have a olive layer but she’s stopped laying this year, used to love seeing her eggs , if This hatch does go ok I might buy some olive hatching eggs, another year , .