I have two white leghorns and two RIR, both my leghorns have a pale beak while my RIR's have orange beaks. One of my leg horn has a black line on her beak that reaches her other side of her beak. It sort of reminds me of a bruise but not sure, noticed this about a week ago.
Another question, my...
All the poo that my chicks dumped out look normal except for this one. It looks kind of sticky, like burnt sugar and it's shiny lol. Is this type of poo cecal? My chicks are aprox 1 week 3 days old and are on medicated feed (not so strong) and water 24/7.
is this type of poo normal?
I just got home a couple hours ago and did some brooder cleaning for my 1 week old chicks, so I put them in another box. While I was cleaning, I noticed that one of the chicks in the box I moved them into, took a dump and it was yellow and foamy and different from the rest of the chicks that...
My 4 chicks are a week old now and I feed them 24/7 starter feed and water and they are doing fine.
My only problem is that I have no lamp above 60 watt for heat so I decided to leave it off. My chicks seem healthy but are they really? They like to cuddle at a corner and sleep together.
They are...
New to chicks here
I'm just taking pre caution for pasting up. I notice under the tail fluff there is a small hole and it expands when the chicks chirp, is that the vent hole?
I also see a black hard bump attached under it's belly. is that the umbilical cord for my chicks. They are a week old
Hi, new to raising 4 chicks here. About 1 week old
My brother found these bad boys hatched from grocery eggs! However, I don't know what breed it is. Hopefully it isn't a cornish rock because I want to raise these for a while longer. I was wondering some people here in the forum know what type...