It's doing good right now! But it was a struggle for the first few days. I'm not sure if what the picture shows was partially unconsumed yolk sack or what but it was still attached to the egg shell once it hatched and was really weak compared to my other two chickens that hatched half a day...
This is my first ever time hatching chicks and I'm a little worried about this one. So from the reading I've done it seems like this chick has pipped at the wrong side of the egg. It pipped about 24 hours ago and hasn't made a lot of progress. The hole has gotten a little bigger but that's all...
Hi, new chicken owner here. Just purchased my first chicks today and they all seem to be doing quite well with an exception of one chick who I noticed has something hard stuck close to hear butt region. It's somewhat of a triangle shaped and very hard, I almost feel like it's an eggshell...