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I have 11 chicks and all were healthy until today I come and did that one of their beaks have broken... It is the bottom beak and it is like a hang nail bit a beak. Anyone have any idea if this chick will live and if she will be able to ey and drink.... thanks for the help.

ok when should i start trying to get them to like me?

going to be a week

should i feed them anything special like cracked corn or fruits? I probably should be quieter and move slowly, I kind of do sing loudly and slam the door and then there are those times when i jump around like a kangaroo. SHould I give them miny tomatoes?

They always run to the back of the brooder when they see me Anyone have any ideas on how to make them love me?

ok thanks... i hope i got it right by what it is.

how do you treat mites? I believe it is this, but my camera was dead so I couldn't take a picture, also the feathers are kinda matted.

let her out. They probably will peck at her and such, but since it's free range she could run away from them at least fro a little while.

I have 2 PR and 2EE with one EE rooster. I once had all of them separated and in there own cage, and all of them layed. But now that they are all combined one EE isn't laying anymore. There isn't fighting often but she still doesn't lay, and something happened to her butt feathers, the ones...

HI I just had my first successful incubator hath with 11 out of 14 and they are now a WHOLE 2 days Old. Anyway there brooder is in my garage and sometimes when we open the garage door or pull a car in they stick their heads out and franticly push and run around. Is it because they are scared or...

Can the mother hen eat medicated chick food?

ok now that im a 7 chick expert. I know alot now (not really) I haven't helped them and have had to use alot of self restraint to not interferer but they will do it them self and i got some video of one getting out, pretty neat. But I see 3 more about to come out.

when do u know to help them out a bit?... or is that a last resort?

im so excited. Its unbearable.

Sweet most of my eggs have holes in them from the chicks, but Nothing else has been happening. Do they do this? How long does it take them to get out of there shell? One is out and moving around and hitting some of the eggs, but i know i shouldn't take it out so how long should it take for one...