I have a 3 day old Bourbon Red Turkey chick who has something wrong with one of his feet. At first I thought it was just straddle leg so I put a straddle leg splint on his legs but now I think its something else.
Straddle leg is where the chicks legs are splayed out, right?? Well thats NOT...
I just introduced my young chicks to a squiggly wriggly worm for the first time and boy did they love it, but I think I found it more fun to watch than they loved chasing it.
I hid the worms in their bedding and the minute I put them back in the pen they were scratching and pecking trying to...
I have a 3 day old chick that seems to be spitting or dribbling a clear bubbly liquid everythime he is picked up.
Is this some form of chick reflux or what?
Ok, I am still in the early stages of raising my first hatch of chicks and today I had a baby cross bred turkey hatch and he is deformed.
It took AGES to come out of the shell (3 days overdue) and I was sure he was gonna be dead but he's alive and kicking.
Only problem is that he seems to have...
I don't know what to do....I can't figure out whats wrong with him.
I have a 8 day old Gold Lace Orpington chick who is panting and pushing and too weak to stand up!!!!
He had what we THINK was pasty butt 2 days ago and I had to clean him with warm water and remove him from the other chicks...
ok, I'm obviously new here and I just started hatching my first ever hatch of chicks which consist of Welsummers, Gold Lace Orpingtons, Black Minorcas and Light Sussex so far!!!
But I am having SERIOUS trouble sexing (the supposedly easy to sex) Welsummers. I have 7 chicks and as far as I can...