this is the one rooster i decided to keep from NYD, out of 6 roosters! (I rehomed 5 to a local farm)
Hes already been the father to many more chicks. i put 8 eggs from my older hens in the incubator for a June 1st hatch and while they were in there, my two NYD hens laid their first eggs! Then...
Thank you for the information! I am only home for the weekend, I have to go back to school tonight. My mom cares for the chickens during the week so I needed to do something this weekend to try to get him healed so that by friday I can see if he needs to go to the vet or not (because I am not...
Okay thank you. After dark ill take him off the roost and soak it in some warm water. I did try to pick at it but it wasnt coming off easily and I didnt want to rip it off if it is a scab
If it is bumblefoot could I get away with putting an antibiotic cream on it and wrapping it or will it need...
Thanks guys. Yeah this was her. First time and my first time with a broody. I have another chicken wanting to go broody but we dont have room for more chicks right now...
Yeah :/ its just sad because my last two incubator hatches had no deaths after hatching. I was going to inspect the baby after work but my mom burried it. So ill ask her what it looked like to see if there were any obvious signs. Shes sitting on the last 2 eggs still, will she eventually give up...
So my broody just finally came off her nest this morning, day 23.she has 3 chicks out of 6 eggs! 2 didn't hatch (I still have to candle to see if they were fertile) and one hatched but died after hatching for some reason. Im really upset, does that happen often when a chick dies under a broody...
Would you be interested in a rooster? I have 2 that hatched june 1st, EE barred rock cross and EE Delaware cross. Friendly and healthy! Im in sussex county
Im hatching EE roo over my barred rock my rhode island red, 2 Delawares and 2 EE eggs. One from each of my hens :) the EEs just started laying in may and in June I hatched 4 chicks from my older girls :)
I just candled quick and 5/6 are all moving and healthy but the last one was a blood ring...
I have a jack russel and he chased my goats at first but I trained him to "leave it" and they are fine now. I can leave him with the goats and have no worries. I even trust him around my baby chicks. He learned the animals are mine and off limits to him. Maybe you could try teaching the dog to...