I’ve got a silkie chick who I’ve been treating for wry neck for 3-ish weeks now, and he’s only been getting worse. He used to just have a slightly tilted head, but now he’s often laying on his side, flailing around, his leg sometime just twitches, and he can only stand normally for a few...
I have a chick who just lays down and is breathing heavy, wont lift her head or walk around, eyes closed. We’ve given her sugar water and kept her hydrated. Is there anything else to do?
Update: I peeled away a bit of the shell and carefully poked an air hole into the membrane where he had already tried. Within a few hours, he finally hatched!!
Now we’ve got 3 hatched and 2 more have pipped. Wish them luck!
Hey! First time incubating, and was wondering if this is normal.
Eggs were put in on the 28th of April, and last night at around 12am I noticed one of the chicks has knocked off a piece of his shell. Since then, now 6pm the following day, he has made little progress but continues to chirp every...
Hello! I’m Violette, and I have had chickens for just over 2 years now! I currently have 11 hens and 1 rooster, but must have fallen prey to chicken math as I have 32 eggs in my incubator!
My flock is entirely mixed breed Easter eggers, so I get a variety of blues, greys, greens, and browns...