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Today I accidentally dropped my 3 day old chick. It was walking and eating plus it was chirping. But I am worried that she was damaged internally. She is my favorite chick! Is there any way my mind could be put at ease? Thank you

My chickens lay from 8:30 to about 12:00. Hope that helps

Could I take the eggs a day before hatch date and put them under a heat lamp so they can hatch and I don't have to worry about the mite thing?

Thank you ..I had little seven dust left so I used DE and the last bit of seven dust...I know it won't rid of the mites but I hope it makes it easier for the chicks

Do they look like the size of a pepper and round? Cause if so that would be a mite. That's the only thing I can think of cause mites love to go in cracks and on chickens.

thankyou.... I have a kiddie pool full of DE and my chickens bathe in it and also I fill the nesting boxes with DE to help get rid of mites there...but to be extra safe I will manually apply worry-free sevin dust to my broody hen....do you think that that will work because the chicks are...

could I use DE

My silkie hen has mites and has gone broody. she will be hatching the eggs soon and I was wondering, does it affect the chicks if she has mites? when they hatch should I separate them?

Usually oyster shell doesn't come in scratch, but sometimes it does. You will have to check the ingredients label to be sure. Although, it sounds like your chickens are receiving plenty nutrients that are important for their egg production. Since they are free ranging they should be getting lots...

Yes this is normal. Sometimes the newbie layers will lay eggs that are deformed or have no shell. What I do to fix this problem is that I put some oyster shell in their feed. You can get oyster shell at your local feed store.

Im pretty sure that that's a Barred Rock