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.
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?
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...
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.
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...
My newly hatched chick's toes are screwed up so she cant stand up. I think she maybe close to giving up and the mom doesnt seem to make any special care for it. What should I do? It is not straddle leg but the toes instead of being spread out so there are 3 separate toes, 2 of them stay...
Alright this hatching chicks thing is much more stressful than i thought it was going to be. She has 4 eggs left and its day 23 how long should i let her stay on them before taking them away?
ok as long as she was trying to do good. At first i thought she was just tired of sitting so she was going to try and quit.. What should i do with the poor chick?
So this morning my broody hen started pecking at one of her eggs and I think she was trying to help it out but... it didnt make it.
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Now its day 23.. What should i DO?