Yeah unfortunately it just passed away about 30 mins ago 😩 I usually don’t help them hatch but this one was making a clear effort to get out but just wasn’t strong enough so I thought it may have a chance. It was doing so good until today😢 definitely devastating. Thanks for the help though. I...
My 7 day old baby bobwhite quail has its mouth open and panting. I also hear crackling noises coming from its mouth. It’s been doing this for about 3 hours. It just drank and pooped. It was eating normally this morning. It’s still acting somewhat normal. Is it choking? Can I do something? What...
That crackling sound isn't good. It certainly seems to be having trouble breathing in the video. The chick also looks under developed for 7 days if it's a coturnix quail. It should have pronounced wing feathers by this time and other feathers as well.
What is the brooder setup like...
Thank you for sharing that! I wasn’t sure if that was possible so that is so helpful to me! I checked her in the day,but I definitely am going to check her in the night tonight. That could be why I didn’t see anything. But one question..if there are mites on her would all of my other chickens...
I did look today and didn’t see anything. I will try and look again tomorrow. But I was thinking mites too but my other chickens are all fine besides her. Maybe I should look for mites on all of them tomorrow in case I missed something or didn’t look well enough
Not an emergency but wondering what this could be. I have buff orphington chickens that are about 9 months old. They were all very healthy and fluffy looking. But Over the last week I have noticed the smaller one getting very pale on her face and comb and losing feathers/ her fluff. She stands...
Help!! Chickens are hot!! I have 6 Orpington chickens 3 micro chickens. It’s hitting the 90s here today and this week. The chickens are panting and I’m super worried they will die. I keep putting out cool water for them to drink. I have frozen bottles wrapped in a towel in their coop so they can...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. Got them almost 2 weeks ago. 6 baby orphington chicks
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6
(3) What breeds do you have? Orphington
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? I love farm animals...
I just got 6 baby orphingtkn chickens. I believe I got them when they were about two weeks old. They are going on 3.5-4 weeks now and I’m not sure what to do with them with the winter weather. We live in a cold climate so right now in February it’s 30-40 degrees in the day time and about 20...