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Hello, I got this hen as a chick from a bin labeled buff orphingtons, but I don’t think she is one. She doesn’t look much like here sister that I got from the same bin. Thank for any help!

The second egg still hasn’t shown any sign on hatching. Sadly I don’t think it will. For the chick that did hatch I braced his lag with vet wrap and it seems to be helping. I ended up going to the feed store and found that they had bantam chicks who were more my chicks size, so I bought him 3...

Hello, I started out incubating 6 silkie eggs but only 2 developed at all. Now only one has hatched and the other hasn’t shown any signs of hatching. My local feed store has some buff orphington chicks but they will probably sell out very soon. Should I go ahead and buy some more chicks or wait...

You should always have food available for them Since they are still growing. It helps to have a chick feeder so the food doesn’t get as scattered when they try to scratch. good luck with your chicks! 😃

I have a flock of 4 silkie chickens. 1 rooster, 2 hens and a full grown youngster who I don’t know the gender of. One of my hens hatched 6 chicks and I was wondering if I could let her take care of her chicks with the flock. The others have seen them and just looked and them and did not show any...

Today I found one of me free range hens who I though I would never see again. Turns out she had wandered off and started sitting on a nest of eggs. I candled the eggs and they look like they are mostly developed, but they are not in a very safe place for little chicks. How can I move the hen and...