Yes, you should be the first thing a newly incubator hatched chick sees. Then just respectfully handle the bird as it grows and they become as tame as chickens. Fly to you, roost on you, feed from you, etc. never grab it aggressively, net it or chase it then it will loose trust. As an imprinted...
I fed ground up 22% protein ~3.5% layer pellets to newly hatched turkey chicks for three days and they started dying but as soon as I switched to a NON-LAYER ground up 20% pellet ~0.5% calcium the newly ailing gradually recovered. The abnormal symptoms the chicks had were lethargy, fading in...
Hello! I have a small network of heritage turkey breeders in my area and have seen a few dozen adult birds and a full range of chick colors. Very unfortunately in my area and I am sure elsewhere also hobbyists keep multiple breeds together resulting in crossbreed offspring, some may look like...
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It's Fuzz-e-bear....oh wait, it's a teddy bear Easter Egger chick. You never know what you are going to get when you hatch out Easter Egger eggs, they can all look so different but with one thing in common - they all supremely cute.
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Black/Grey Silky Chicken chick enjoying a lawn outing. There is nothing else like the Silky Breed of chickens - totally unique and in a class of cuteness all their own.
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Black Jersey Giant chicks have very elegant in color pattern and are easy going and calm (in general). They will calmly lounge in your hand observing the view as seen here.
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Heritage Turkey chicks form strong connections with humans when incubator hatched and human imprinted. They are sensitive, calm, and confident chicks.
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Many of our Heritage Turkey chicks hatch out fluffy teddy bear brown with a yellow face mask and change into a range of adult colors and patterns. No matter what, they are so much more graceful and gentle than chicken chicks, such a joy. They really enjoy and benefit from...
Entry 1. (Very confusing how to enter this contest!) One of my Blue Jersey Giants went broody, here is one of her chicks popping out from under her fluffy body.