i have a 3 day old chick that took a very long time to hatch. when it did the chick could not walk and did not open its eyes. its now 3 days old an we figured out that it cant walk because its leg doesn't bend at the ankle. The chick rarely opens its eyes and will take vitamin water from a pipet...
my little chick Night has a bump on the side of her chest it was not there yesterday. It does not seem to bother her. What is the bump and will she be ok?
I have a chick that had pasty butt. We wipped it off with a warm paper towel. When we set the chick back into the brooder it started wobbling around and had its eyes closed. We really want to know what’s going on and if we can help it. Any ideas?
ok. So I have 12 Ayam Cemani eggs in the incubator. Today is day 21. One chick hatched over the night. One hatched about noon today and one egg has pipped and unzipped about half way. This egg had piped this morning and immediately started unzipping. The egg has been halfway unzipped for over 10...
My silkie has been broody for a month but did not know what on earth the chicks we snuck under her were. We also have a broody Ayam Cimani. She has been broody for 3 weeks and kicked our silkie out of her nest. The Ayam Cimani has hatched chicks before. We have 3 chicks under 1 week old. Should...
i have a 2 1/2 week old chick. All the others are only one week old and act like she is the momma hen. She loves them and they are always serounded her, we recently realized she is walking and sitting on her knees. She walked normally sometimes but then lays down like she is tired.
Is there...
Sorry, all the newbie questions.
I have an incubator full of eggs and only one has hatched. It’s day 22. The eggs keep rolling and one piped yesterday about noon. Is this normal?
The chick that did hatch is in the brooder with a week old chick my silkie rejected. The chick is super happy and...
We have a five day old chick that is now the only chick. It never stops peeping, it won’t eat or drink and sounds like it’s crying. We have a very broody silkie and 9 chicks hatching tomorrow. For now what do I do? Will it hurt the other chicks that hatch? Will the silkie adopt the chick? Please...
Hi, I’ve got an Ayam C rooster, hen and a couple Easter/Olive Eggers. I have several of their eggs in my incubator. How do I tell what chicks hatched from what eggs? Could I put something in the incubator to keep them separated?
Hi, I had four chicks hatch, 2 Olive Eggers mixed with Ayam Cymanis and 2 full Ayam Cymanis but one died and now I don’t know what gender or breed theese little guys are. Here are some pictures.
I have 9 chickens, a variety of breeds. 2 Ayam Cymanis, 2 Eastereggers, 2 Olive Eggers, 2 game bantams, and 1 silkie. I just recently started hatching chicks, my rooster is an ayam cymani.