my silkie hen has a swollen head in the area above th eyes and towards the beak. She has 3 chicks, should I separate her? she doesn't seem to be in any pain. It was like this this morning but at 2 pm it is this bad?! What should I do?
So I have a chick thats making a gurgle sound when breathing and opening it's beak for every breath! It is also not acting normal, it can move when it wants to but it just stands alone mostly. I picked it up and checked it's "nose" and inside the beak but couldn't find anything unusual. Its...
my silkie chick has been doing this since morning, cocking its head up to the sky but now its really bad! she acts like she can't straighten it out! I'm going to put a video up when I find out how.
Also a year or so ago I had a silkie who was alway tucking her neck under her and then act like...
it's important cuz im about to leave on vacation and the nights that will be gone doesnt get below 70 degrees. the chicks will be 2 1/2 weeks old and they look really healthy and strong plus there's 29 of them and a silkie but she's not the mother. I think they'll be fine but what about you guys?
http://www.meyerhatchery.com/ their prices are great and they have plenty of rare chicks availible which is all great but I'm a little suspicious about this company.
so has anyone ever ordered from them before?
yeah so i'm bored and idk why i'm posting this but it wowed me especialy when u could here like 100,000 birds cheaping at the same time. i thought it was kool
I think I'm gonna order from ideal for sure this time and I found it kind of hard to figure out the shipping price.
I think I figured it out but I'm not sure so if there is anyone who has just recently ordered 25 chicks and remembers the shipping price that'd be great!
for 25 chicks, all laying...
it hatched 2 days ago and yesterday i noticed it was sleepy but i thought it was just a hard hatch but today i think it is because somthing that looks like the cord on a mammal is attached just below the vent. it's been there but i thought it was gonna fall of sooner.
i'm thinking that something...
idk where to put the bator?
we have a basment but it's not heated.
and my room but it does get a lot of sunlight.
or i could put it under my bed.
I've also heard that you shouldn't put it near a vent? what will that do?
thanks for any help.
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This is my first time hatching with Checkered, my checkerboard silkie, and with a broody!
It is also Checkered's first time hatching. We are all new.
I got her some eggs (RIR) today (monday, Nov. 16) and they are due to hatch Dec 7.
Now i am hopeing that she is turning them. I will check in...