Posts by lcammack

I agree, no matter the temp if you have them confined they should always have the option of shade.  If they are not confined they will find a cool spot on their own.

Our chicks love the freeze dried meal worms.  When they are little (like a week old) we crunch them up a bit, and once they get the hang of them we feed them whole.  We find it a really good way to get them friendly and come...

That is kind of what I thought.  So I pulled it out and peeled back some of the shell. It had already died.  There was definitely something abnormal about it. It was extremely gooey, and covered in this thick fluid that...

I have never seen this before. Foamy looking bubbles coming out of Pip. Should I be doing something for this chick? None of the others have this.

We have Silver laced Wyandottes and Blue Laced Red Wyandottes right now, and they do seem to grow slower then our other chicks.  Still growing and doing well, but just not as fast as the others.  I wonder if this is just the...

Don't feel bad, sometimes there are weak ones.  You did great.  Unfortunately this is the bad part of having chicks, they just can't tell us what is wrong.  But all of the rest of the cuties that are doing well make up...

How are the babies doing today? Any improvement?

Try a search for Mareks and Cocci and see if the symptoms are similar.

I agree with the above post.  A healthy chick will quickly out grow this one if it is not growing at a normal pace, and will then get knocked around and possible picked on.   If you are determined to keep this little one...

We have some of the nicest chicken folk around here.  We were given eggs last year for hatching, the same thing, just random barnyard mixes.  They were so fun for my daughters and I to hatch since we had no idea what we would...