You might need to take take your hen to the vet. Or you can check some websites. It might be hes just molting though.

It is O.K but dont just shove a candle in there face(lol)But that reminds me of candling my eggs, gotta go!

thats so sad! and did you really raise the bird yourself? I am raising a sparrow egg that was abandoned so far its going well. Again, im so sorry to hear that.

One day my little cousin found a nest in my yard. I told her to leave it alone but whenever I wasnt looking shed scare the mom away and hold the egg.I got her to go inside while i stood about 50 yards away from the nest to see if the mom was there bu...

I learned a bit from this site and i want to tell you that first you can keep sparrow eggs at 50 to 60'f untill you want to hatch them because keeping them at that tempeture will stop the growing of the baby bird untill you get it warm again. Next yo...