I sold some of my polish chicks to a gal and she called this morning, one of the has chicks died. It had white crust on it's beak and head. Now some of the others are showing some crusting on their beaks. I told her to change the bedding and wash down the brooder to disinfect. I checked all of...
I have the chick in the house, under a lamp and have been feeding him/her every couple hours. It seems to be doing well so far... The wound looks to be healing nicely. Hope he makes it, he sure is a cutie!
I have named him Uno.
my broody hen hatched 2 chicks last week, then a lone strangler hatched yesterday. The mother hen wouldn't let the chick near her other 2 babies. She attacked the little one and he now has a wound on his head and lost an eye. I have him wit me and have been giving him Gatorade. He seems to be...
I a chick has pipped a whole in the egg and has not gotten any further in the last 5 hours do you help? He is chipping, a little, but not sure if he is to weak or what? Do you help or is this normal. This is only my 1st batch. The 1st one to hatched was completely out from start to finish in 2...
My VERY 1st hatch, was 1 out of 3 eggs, not bad for a rookie! I had a bator full of 35 eggs, candled last night and only 6 were not fertile they are due to hatch Memorial Weekend. So I decided the heck lets start another batch. I set them today. They are all my Polish stock.
I AM TOTALLY...
I have some scratching noises coming from the other 2 eggs, hopefully will be soon. I have hope that they may hatch. My little quail that hatched last night is a cutie! He sleeps until he hears the human voice and he stands right up and follows the sound of my voice. My daughter named him/her...
I have 8 Polish ready to incubate, my bator is full and I just can't put them in the fridge. I will also include for free any laid from now until Tuesday when I ship.
I can't figure out how to upload pics, so here is an explanation of the parents:
Hens: Gold Laced and Self Black
Roosters...
I had one of the little yellow 4 egg ones I bought on ebay, I have since upgraded to the LG still air incubator. So hopefully the next batch will hatch on time!
I am new to this whole incubating and hatching thing. I have a small incubator that I was hatching 4 eggs in. It has been 22 days and nothing. How long do I wait to see if it will hatch? I candled them at 7 and 14 days and there was growth.