Has anyone ever had a hatch that was 4 days late and they finally start hatching. Ours was due to hatch on Thursday of last week and we got nothing. We checked the eggs and seen movement in some so we left them. Finally Monday morning we had 4 chicks.
So my question is what could have happened...
I've seen pasty butt before, but I don't think this is what's going on with my chick. He has been acting sick: feathers puffed up and not very active so we moved him inside to see if we could help. His feathers looked matted last night and dirty when we brought him in.The plan was to clean him...
Hi, my name is Silvia. I'm from Cedartown, Ga. This site has been so very helpful to me and my husband as we are both new to chickens. Currently we have NHR, Black Cochin bantams, and some Marans. We are in love with these chickens. We find ourselves chicken watching all the time. Lol
I am new to having chicks and chickens.WE got the fever and dove right in. We we purchased about 20 baby chicks at about 3 days old. We had 2 die but all the other have been healthy and are about 4 weeks old. They are still in the brooder but we do take them outside during the day time. We...