Hello! I went to the feed store yesterday for some baby chickens when I saw this duckling on its back getting pecked by all the other ducklings. The employee said he was like that because he “drank too much water”. I didn’t believe that but I didn’t want him to continue to get beat up so I...
I’m assuming this is wry neck. His head is constantly twisted to the side. He hatched on 07/03 and I’ve seen little improvement. He can walk and stand but will eventually fall over and can’t get back up. He’s still in the incubator because the others will pick on him if he’s in the brooder. Is...
they‘re from my chickens. I hatched my first batch from them started off with 9 eggs, one was a quitter, and the others hatched. One died a few days after hatch. It didn’t absorb all the yolk. The rest were healthy. This is my second batch in a brand new incubator and I again started with 9, one...
My buff Cochin decided to have a secret nest under the nest boxes and we have some developing babies. I’m just wondering if she’s the biological mother or if another hen laid these. They all look the same color. Possible breeds: Buff or Partridge Cochin, Lavender Orpington, Easter Egger, Blue...
I dipped his beak in a cup of water and he drank a tiny bit and the gasps for a little bit before going back to chirping. He’s done this every time I’ve tried to water him. Electrolytes or not
he does the same thing on the carpet, but yeah I can put something else in the incubator. I tried the shavings out thinking they might help but he just pushes them aside. Poor thing I’ve never had anything like this happen. His hatch mates are doing great :( he hears them and wants to be with...
This little guy pipped in the middle of the egg yesterday. He was very weak and I constantly checked if he was still breathing all day yesterday. Barely moving at all, I slowly helped him out of the egg. I know, I know but He really couldn’t do it. He was so weak. I opened the egg enough to...