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Thanks guys! In my 6 years of having chickens I had never seen this before. So far she’s growing at the same rate as the others but as you said I’m not sure that will continue. It does also seem like the top park might need some filing. I’ll keep an eye on her thanks so much

Has anyone ever had a chicken with an off center beak? I have a chick who for the last several weeks is eating and drinking fine but her beak is totally crooked. It almost looks like her top jaw is too long but she’s only a month old. And her bottom jaw is cocked out to the side. Any idea what...

I have a one year old Cayuga who has been laying for a few months now. The last two days I had had trouble finding her and I thought she had been taken by a predator. However mid day I found her sitting on a clutch of eggs in a nest she made in some tall grass and bushes. I watched her and she...

Any idea on what these guys might be? Here are pictures from when they were ducklings and what they look like now at about 3mo.

I’m having the same issue with my buff silkie. She does not have the big comb that my other silkie roo has but she does not lay (but she’s only 8 mo) and my roo does not attempt to mount her at all where as he’s been on all my other girls for months. That said she is my only silkie and my other...

Father and suspected son at same age

Thanks. Yeah I kind of suspected as much. He looks just like his dad! Im still new to early sexing though so I wanted a second opinion. Its fine if he's a roo though, they're not restricted where I live luckily so he's safe haha

1 month old Buff Orpington

Thanks! I do think there is just a lot going on for him right now. He was really sweet the first week or so and in that time we did just sit by him and let him approach and we gave him treats and such then after that first week he started getting more and more irritated. As you mentioned though...

I have a Pekin drake whom I adopted a few weeks ago. He has become increasingly aggressive with any person who is in the yard. He does not have issues with the young Pekin female he occasionally spends time with but he has started attacking any person who comes in to feed or water the ducks. I...

Is there a time when I should carefully try to open the egg to see if the chick is alive but the humidity made the membrane too hard? How can I check for life accurately?

Two more hatched two days later. On my last candle on day 17 I had 7 that looked good out of my original 9. But it's been another full day since my last chick hatched and so far no new pips. I'm going to wait until day 25 at least before calling it. I think having to take the other chicks out...

This is my first hatch using an incubator. I had one chick hatch yesterday which was day 18 only. It has been almost 24 hours since that chick hatched and so far no one else has even pipped. Since she was early should I still expect the others in a few days. Should I remove her so she doesn't...

Thank you so much! Thats exactly what I was leaning towards doing. No more hatched through the night so far but one seemed to be moving slightly even when the hatched chick wasn't bouncing into the eggs so hopefully well get there over the next few days.

I am hatching eggs in an incubator for the first time instead of using a broody hen. I had one hatch out yesterday on day 18. None of the others seem to be following yet. How long can I leave this little one in with the other eggs and should the others hatch soon too or should I still expect to...

I am hatching chicks from an incubator for the first time. Usually I use a broody hen. I have a chick that hatched earlier today which is day 18. The egg wasn't mailed it was mine and i took it from the nest box to the incubator the day it was laid so Im sure about it being day 18. Should i...

Thanks. Ill try the sugar. Yeah i just thought it was weird because usually when I have had a chick that didn't grow and seemed unsteady they also had other signs of illness like not eating or drinking or having problems pooping and she doesn't seem to so Ill just keep watching her I guess.

I have two ducklings that were hatched on August 11 so they are just over two weeks old. One has not grown a spec since I got them last week. The other has doubled in size. The small one also flipps over constantly and can't get up. She eats and drinks normally and is pooping fine. She seems to...

At what age do Ancona ducks stop laying?

Thanks guys.