One of our chicks (6 weeks old) has something wrong that we are having trouble identifying. When we spotted it we thought it was a case of pasty butt and possibly even a prolapse, but it’s actually above it’s vent. To one side of the tail feather area it’s swollen, and the center has about a...
Backstory: My other half and I are new to hatching chickens. We have two incubators with a variety of eggs about 10 days in and we are nervous new parents, but SO excited. Also, we have a huge natural quail population in our five acre yard.
Today one of us found a quail egg, and thought, “what...