Maybe this has been answered before but I couldn't find it. I have a Bantam chick that seems a little swollen. It is also very lethargic. I was wondering if it maybe ate something it shouldn't -- like paper; and if so is there a way I can relieve this poor guy?
I lost two chicks last night; I thought maybe they had been taken by an owl or something. But around lunch time they appeared (I think they were hiding in the wood pile). They seemed fine at first but then my leghorn now is beginning to swell. She feels like a big fluffy pillow all through her...
My sister just hatched out seven of her ten chicks in the incubator. One of these little guys has a strange looking growth on it's hind end. It's a big fleshy lump that seems to ooze a bit. We haven't taken it out of the incubator and examined it yet, but were wondering if anyone had any...
I just found this sight because I was looking for someone to answer a question about chicks. I am glad I did...I have really enjoyed all the topics, photos and discussions.
I just started raising chickens last Easter. I figured they would fill the need to have something "livestock-ish"...
In the past three months I have encountered three shelless eggs. I have started feeding them dried and crushed egg shells, but it still seems to keep happening occcassionally? Do I need to get the oyster shells or am I just not giving them enough of the egg shells?
I have six seven-day-old chicks. They are different breeds; two of them are leghorns. These two have developed a strange lump on one side of their chest. They seem healthy, so I wanted to know if this is something I should worry about or if it just a normal developement on this breed...