My first pea hatch happened today. YAY. But all 3 of the chicks (2 white 1 silver pied) have the fat bottom problem that Val mentioned. Weird! I never had...
This morning Peter, the hired man, came to the house with another chick from the nest on the concrete blocks. It is another purple. We talked about the eggs...
I checked all over the net this morning looking for something about fat bottomed chicks. I couldn't find anything. When my chicken helper got here I ask him...
Thank you Iona! I had kind of decided the same thing. Im just going to let them "dry up" a little bit. I also taped their legs like you would a spraddle...
Hope they make it. My first chick hatched is still crooked toed and weak legged. I don't think it will make it or I will cull it for it will never be right. ...
What a bragger! LOL said with green gills....... Sorry about your first chick. We have three - two of which have a crooked foot - fortunately they are...
Wicked Grin as I rub my hands together in anticipation of all those chicks. Grown hens can easily handle 14 eggs. Right now both the pea hens I have sitting...
I know I've said this before, but here goed\s again, IF I get any chick with crooked toes I take only wide masking tape, stand the foot on it and straighten...
I sooooo agree!! the peahens are sometimes fickle about their nests but when they decide it's time they will try to hatch a rock!! I had a bunch of peaeggs ...
Hi Kat, If the chicks still don't want to get up and walk you can put them in cradles to get their muscles going. another reason (maybe already stated) for...
Thanks Sally. Yesterday I put a towel in their brooder, rolled it up and made a circle with it like a nest and all 3 chicks are staying inside the circle.....
I sometimes feel the same way about using incubators. Several years ago I purchased one of the Dickey big cabinet incubators. I was getting lousy hatches. A...
I am having some troubles too as mine are hatching but several days early and with curled toes....not all but several. I made the little duck feet on them for...
Same here.....we had problems with the first hatch. One we thought had a fat bottom, but it turned out to be hatching debris stuck to his bum! That chick was...
No, mine were on time or maybe a day early (based on 28 days) . My thought was a huge yolk sac that hadn't been absorbed yet also - that's what it felt like....
I had a heck of a problem yesterday with keets from eggs set at the same time in same bator with some that hatched the day before and some today BUT we have a ...
Any suggestions for encouraging a chicken to become broody? My daughter has a potential source for peacock eggs, but first she needs one of her hens to become...
Enid, Becoming broody is entirely up to the hen. It is a hormonal thing that can't be forced. You might have some of the breeds of hens that don't become...
What breed of chicken does your daughter have? Some are bred to be non-setters. I raise Polish chickens that won't set an egg if their life depended on it....
Enid, What type of chickens? Silkies and Cochins are some of the best. I can get my silkies broody by leaving eggs in the nest, I will buy a dozen cheap eggs...
Thanks for the help. I'm not sure what kind of chicken she is; my daughter rescued her from a flock that almost killed her. Spike the hen is largish and...
I can happily report that all 3 of my fat bottomed chicks are now up, and walking, eating, and drinking.. they just have fluffy bottoms now J I almost forgot...
hmmmm....I guess this computer chair is giving me the flat bottom hahahahahahaSally ... <http://www.signaturebsd.com/_SignatureFeathers/birds.html> ... ...
I have 15 IB and BS eggs for sale, 2 pure purples and 1 BSpied X IBpied. I will sell all plus extras if laid tonight or in the morning for $100.00 plus...
Thanks Sharon and have a great hatch. THESE EGGS ARE SOLD!!! To all else, I will be back in a week or 10 days and I'm SURE the girlies will be setting UNLESS...
I just candled the 16 egg in the two incubators.and only 3 of them are clear. Yea for me! There are 2 dozen guinea eggs in the two incubators also. Six of...
HI Iona, Glad you are having such a good hatching season. I have guineas of various colors and expecting some pea eggs to hatch this week...cross fingers. I...
Tina, You sound like me with the guineas. I also have 50 or so running around the farm and in breeding pens. And I ordered 50 more in the dun dot -- brown...
Tina, FarmTek has the shade cloth by the foot. 6' wide is about $1.32 a foot for 70% shade density.My catalog is out in the car but I think that's spelled...
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