Recent content by WillemdeJong

Good morning! I hatched out some of my New Hampshire Red eggs. After hatching and placing them all in the brooder, I had a baby chick that I had to repeatedly rescue because it was lying on its back and unable to flip over. It would freak out, chirping like crazy. It has been breathing heavily...

Okay... I am assuming that just helps increase their water intake with the feed?

I’ve got 2 week old chicks and they have stuck poop. It’s not pasty butt, spent the first week dealing with that, now I got 3 of the 28 that can’t seem to poop. They push and push and only a little comes out. Their rectum protrudes fairly far out when trying to poop. I have only fed them starter...