They’re both 8 weeks ish old. No crowing.
They’re also the nicest of my whole flock. My son is extremely attached to the little bantam, and unfortunately we can’t keep roosters.
Our chicks are now 5 weeks old. I think the lighter spotted chick is a rooster, but I would really appreciate any help sexing the others.
Thank you in advance!
Hello! Thanks for everyone’s replies. Unfortunately I had to cull the chick yesterday. It had some kind of brain bleed where the back of its head became swollen, and there was just obviously some really serious internal issues.
Very sad, but ultimately it was more appropriate to put it out of...
Sorry here’s the photo.
Should I try to manually dry it? I can heat the room up to 32 degrees celcius, so I’m thinking of getting it out this morning and trying to dry and feed it. Also for food, is it just raw egg yolk?
Thanks so much for everyone’s replies!
It’s morning now and I’ve just gone to check on it. It’s still alive it hasn’t seemed to have fluffed up much. It looks to be covered in a bit of goo. Should I attempt to clean it?
It was part of batch of eggs that have been a bit of a disaster. I’ve had...
Oh sorry, I forgot to reply about the buttons.
Nothing from them, unfortunately. It’s day 20 today so I’m losing hope for them.
I’m glad to have four of these little guys! With all the trouble we had, I think they’re quite lucky to have survived!
Hey! Thanks for your reply. I ended up doing an assisted hatch, which originally went well. No bleeding, no blood left in the egg shell. The chick however was not great. I have it 12 hours in the incubator but it wasn’t able to move, it just lay there breathing heavily and kind of had little...