It's a Hethya brand incubator, not a cabinet model, it has stackable boxes with automatic turners. Haven't pulled it out of the box yet so I'm not sure but I believe water is added through a small port in the side. Already have stuff for a brooder. And yes all hens are mature, just didn't know...
I typically put eggs to my ear and lightly tap the egg and whistle and if they're alive they tap or chirp in response. If I still don't hear anything I set it on the counter (any flat surface works) to see if it wiggles or candle just to be sure. It's my biggest concern and I don't want to throw...
A friend asked me to hatch some eggs for him, I have an incubator but haven't taken it out of the box yet because I normally just let my hens hatch chicks and since last year I only got 3 cockerels from hen hatching, I decided to give to incubator a run and see if I can get a decent number to...
The cat doesn't have access to the chickens but should I treat the flock for worms too? I haven't seen any worms in there droppings, all I have on hand for the birds is permethrin and ivermectin pour on, not sure what type of wormer they need.
Kitten is between 2-3 months old, her mom is a stray and I'm not sure when she was born, they just showed up about 6 weeks ago and then mom weaned and took off. She weighs 3 lbs 1.5 oz and I just gave her a dose for tapeworm called praziquantel.
I just figured if she's got these fleas it's a...
I found these little bugs on my kittens ears, they look like fleas but they were attached to her and I had to pluck them off with tweezers and I dropped them in a cup of bleach. I'm not seeing any on my chicken's yet but I've got 35+ birds to inspect and will be scrubbing down the coops and...
It looks like it's pipped externally, a small piece of shell is off and I was able to see the tip of it's beak but it's moved now I assume to begin zipping. Hopefully this goes smoothly and I don't have to help. I've been whistling at the other chick and noticed the egg wiggles pretty hard when...
It's not possible to clean the egg as it's crushed under the dirty spot, attempting to do so would break the egg more which is why I didn't try cleaning or repairing the cracks days ago. The chick has already pipped today and chirping, it's been in my brooder for 4 days now so I don't plan to...
I originally posted in emergency thread but sharing here also since I'm not getting responses over there, here is the original thread:
Thread 'Crushed egg advice' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/crushed-egg-advice.1632306/
I made a mash and put it in a lid from a baby food jar and it started eating it. I figured out it wants to stand in my hand to eat, when I put it down it just starts chirping at me and searching for my hands.
Here's the thread about the other chick
Thread '4 day old chick not eating' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/4-day-old-chick-not-eating.1632271/
I saw this egg get stepped on by the hen on the 4th of July, same time when I found a chick rejected by it's mother (I'll link that thread) and candled it before tossing it out and saw the chick still moving in it and it didn't bleed or leak fluids so I decided to place it in the same brooder...
This chick hatched sometime in the morning 4 days ago under a hen. The hen rejected it and pecked it's head drawing blood so I took it away, washed the wound and applied triple antibiotic. On day 2 I noticed it's legs spread to its sides to which I found splayed legs and bound them together with...
Have you verified if she's ever laid normal eggs prior to when this started? I only ask because a friend had a similar thing but never knew if the hen ever laid normal eggs, she collected 3 eggs every day and had 4 hens and then suddenly started getting the wrinkly 4th egg at a year old and that...
I took off the tape to readjust it and it's still doing the splits but after applying new tape with a little more room between the legs, it's now started walking and following my hand, it's also standing while drinking unassisted and I got it to peck at the feed but I'm not sure if it actually...
Since creating this post, the chick is still pretty wobbly but it has started to stand up on both feet. I can tell it's still putting most of its weight on the left and readjusting the right foot/leg several times before easing its weight on both feet. It's still going backwards and falling on...