Hiya, so I have a broody chicken and she is very fussy when it comes to laying and if I disturb her ‘laying spot’ then she will find somewhere else. She is broody atm and I want to move her from her hutch because she I living with 3 boys (breeding plan gone wrong) and there are obvious signs of...
Hiya, I have a fairly new layer (3 months??) and I have noticed that after the past few days she has been sitting in the nesting box in the morning and evenings, with no egg being laid, but walking around midday just fine. What could the reason for this be?
Hi I have a rooster who is a year old he lives with his brother and girls. I checked on him this morning and noticed he would not put his foot on the ground and had to hop everywhere. When I examined him I noticed that his spur had turned completely black. I don’t know what to do he is my...
My chick sits really weirdly and try’s to walk like this. He used to be ok until he fell Ill and he now sits and walks like this instead of normally like he used to
hi, yesterday morning we found one of our chicks almost passed out because his box was way too hot. it looked like he was dying of dehydration. My husband tried to pour water down his throat because he was too weak to drink . he is quite weak and whenever i give him water i can hear a crackling...
Hi I have a 2 day old chick who has been suffering from dehydration we have got some water down him with a sprinkle of dehydration powder and he keeps gagging and trying to be sick I really need some help please reply! I have just lost one to the same cause and I don’t want to loose this one.
I have had a chick pipped for over 24 hours with a bit of progress the hole has almost tripled in size from when I last saw it I am wondering when I should assist and if so how I should do it
I am new to hatching. I am using a Janeol-10 incubator for hatching my bantam eggs. I have heard that they hatch on day 19-20 it is day 20 and nothing has happened I am not sure what humidity should be on or what temp. At the moment they are on 38 degrees Celsius with humidity around 70 percent...
hi, i have put different eggs in an incubator at different times. some are older and more developed than others. the first egg that i put in is about to be in the lockdown period but the newer eggs still need to be rotated (it is not automatic) i dont know whether i should risk not rotating the...
This is my first time incubating eggs in a Janoel-10 incubator. I have never done this and dont know where to start. I have got the incubator started and working but i was wondering if anyone had a good routine on what to do eg. rotating them and humidity ext. any help would be much appretiated. X
hi, i have recently noticed a squishy white lump on a chicken which is not mine (i am borrowing) i have never seen one before and need to know what this is. i will post photos soon.