I am not sure what to do..my hen had 2 chicks hatch yesterday (I thought we had another week before it started) and I could never get her to move from the nesting box so we left her. She'll be sitting there for a while b/c it turns out another hen was getting in the box laying on her for about...
thanks! My mom brought us some chicks that a duck hatched (yep, a duck) and we have no clue what any of them are! We don't care though---happy to add whatever to our flock!
We hatched these about 2 months ago and have no idea what they really are! I can't find the girl that I got the eggs from to find out!
I'm pretty sure they were "fathered" by a Wyandotte. The white I am certain are Buff Orpington but not sure if they are hens or roosters?
The reddish ones have...
scratch that--I just candled the remaining and a silkie is peeping away!!!! yay!!!!
The one in the above picture is hanging on but his deformed hip/wing are keeping him from walking. The other with the internal issues died earlier.
We have 5 healthy chicks, 2 that are sickly. Both of those were stuck in their egg for about 24 hours and I soaked them this afternoon in warm water. They came right out, but one has an internal injury of sorts (I'll post a pic later) and the other has a deformed hip/wing. The one with the...