hatchling

Following the story of our Survivor. Backstory, Mama Noisy Girl went broody and we got her some Easter Egger eggs, yay! Thursday, March 14, we had some severe weather, and when I got home from work, I checked on eggs and noticed one had been crushed. I could hear a cheep, and honestly didn't...

Our 2 silkies hatched 4 little RIR (rooster) x white leghorn chicks. I’m really excited to see what these babies will look like. The ACTUAL mamas refused to sit on their eggs. I heard something about hens genetics being messed with so they won’t sit on their eggs. Is that true? Post pictures of...

Does anyone have experience with Mexican squealer/black bellied squealer/whistling ducklings? Our Rouens laid eggs around the pond, and they rarely successfully hatch so we took them in to incubate. There were some wild squealer ducks that have come and gone at the pond as well. Well today is...

Today is Day 20 of my incubation and I woke up this morning to a perky chick staring at me as I was refilling the incubator with water- it scared me because I was obviously not expecting that at 4 AM! That chick is doing well and I noticed at the same time that another egg had pipped! When I...

Well, of our clutch of 6 goose eggs, only 2 made it to term (they were mail-ordered and not exactly the freshest when they got here, so I was expecting to lose a few). One died the day before yesterday from mal-positioning. She was facing the wrong side of the egg, and I didn't respond in time...

Hello wise ones. I have a lovely little quail. I think it was shrink wrapped. I noticed it piping 2 days ago, when it still hadn’t emerged today, I broke it free, carefully of course. Something isn’t right. At first I thought it was wry neck, but it feeds well and easily. I’m feeding it...

Brady and Janet Wolfe . Duckling Name is TripAllen. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are very new to this hatching thing and we saved this egg from getting eaten near our neighborhood pond (2) How many chickens do you have right now? we have one Ducking...

Two days after hatch

Hi all, I just got 12 chicks from tractor supply (4 Rhode island reds, 4 wynadotte I think, and 4 cinnamon queens). 2 of the 4 cinnamon queens are having trouble. I found one this morning lying on the ground near the water bowl and the others were just walking right on her. I went to pick her...

Hello I need help identifying what in the world this site is? Ring worm? Botfly? Fungus? Cellulitis? Something else? PLEASE HELP!!! This is 1 of 2 turkens we hatched put of 9 and they are all loved!

Background: We had a broody hen and gave her some fertilized eggs to lay on. We are first timers so made the mistake of leaving her and her eggs in the coop with the other hens. 3 got knocked out and stepped on at different stages by the other chicks and after 1 hatched she gave up on the other...

12 day old silkie chick originally came out white/cream coloured but is now developing some grey on the wings! It has grown a lot darker within the past few days. What colour will it grow up to be? Mom is a white silkie hen with white parents and dad is a golden partridge silkie.

My silkie BB (Baby Barbara) just had her baby BB3 (Baby Barbara the 3rd) who we call Pheobe, and I am so proud 🥲 I know she did all the work but it is so rewarding to see the little hatchling! Phoebe hatched July 1st or day 18 (I was unaware bantams may hatch earlier than 21 days) and we only...

Edit: 6am and she is doing better! Enough energy to fight syringe feeding, but still not eating or drinking on her own. She is also having trouble standing, and it looks like her toes are curled. Will attach a picture, is this normal? I think I remember for many birds that curled is the relaxed...

Hello y’all new duckling concerns have brought me here. I hope to learn how to properly care for him and maybe save his life.

Is this normal? Is it ok?

I hatched a few chicks and picked up a few from Tractor supply store But I have some questions about breed and gender if anyone can help. 1. From the Bantam mystery bin we have this cutie (guessing male from the waddles and comb?) but what breed? he is a very light cream (not really buff or...

My 4 week old barrred rock pullets

Hello! I’m a new chicken mom, and I we had two successful hatches. Alas, the third had a dried membrane and ended up being somewhat of an assisted hatch (it pushed itself out at the end but we had to wet the membrane). For the first two hours it was able to waddle around properly and then it was...

Hi chicken parents! We had a hatching last night that has a deformed leg. It is as if it will not bend to get the leg forward. Other than that this chick is healthy and able to hop around on one leg unlike hatchlings that are not able to function properly and are unhealthy once hatched. This...