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The chick was doing better this morning so we put it out with its mom. She had 3 chicks hatch sometime last night or this morning. I brought them back in 2hrs ago because it was going to storm and I wanted to keep a close eye on them. My oldest DD dropped the light on it while putting it on the...

Hi i m Mary. I have 3 roosters and 3 hens. I don't know what breed they r. They were bought a few months ago at a local flea market. They were bought for my 11yr old DD. She has wanted chickens for a while now, so my step dad built her a coop and bought her 10 chicks. Out of that we only have 6...

the yolk sac was already aborsed there was some blood. These are the first eggs I have ever hatched. I have never had chickens before so this is a trail and error kind of thing. The first egg I took out to check this morning had a rotten smell to it so I broke that one open to see and it was...

It was one that my hen was on. I found one that smelled rotten and checked it and it was so i took out another and opened it all the way and it was a formed baby chick. It was chirping so it is in a tank inside with a light on it. It is formed all the way. He is laying like he is still in the...

I was checking my eggs this morning, i thought they were bad because i had one that was. When I opened up another it had a baby chic in there. It had a few more days left in the egg. I have brought it in and is under a light. It is still alive. My question is do u think it will make it or not...