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I think it's all over now. The surviving chicks are acting normally and seem to be back to normal with no jerky or halting movements. Tomorrow I'm going to return them to their mother and see if she'll take them back. All in All I lost 8..... lesson learned I guess At least I gained experience...

Thanks for the information and advice. I'm down to 9..... The Gatorade seems to have helped 3, but 2 are still in those painful looking positions. I looked up shock symptoms and I put them in my brooder. Do I need to stay with them and continuously dip their beaks or just check them every 10...

Never mind its too late. I think they went into shock. I've already lost 4. I guess I'll just stay with the rest till its over.

My hen knocked over the water yesterday sometime. I had to work so I was not home. I went out this morning, refilled the water and thought nothing of it. Now all of the chicks are doing some weird thing. Its scary!! They like flipped over and their heads and wings are in weird positions. It...

He's had no access to her since the chicks hatched and I removed her nest from the main pen and thanks for the info!

Hi! So my hen has been raising her brood for about 7 weeks now. When I went out to check on them yesterday evening she had laid an egg... What do I do now? Do I take the egg like I do from my other non-broody hens or will she want to sit and raise another clutch? Are the eggs she's laying now...

Thanks for the Info I'm not sure what all the chick feed has in it, but I will check and it might be the cage I've got them in. Its pretty large, but the whole thing is metal and there is no straw or shavings in there so that could be it too......it also could be inbreeding I bought two of my 10...

I am new to the area of raising chickens and I havent had much time to keep an eye on them becuase of school. My dad let one of the hens brood and now we have 5 chicks. All of the chicks are active and interested in food and nothing seams to be wrong except one chick's foot looks like a...

Yea or he could go. I'll talk to my dad tomorrow when he gets off work. Thanks again for your help

Wow.....that would be a major rebulid. They are all about the same age around 7 months. 20 hens? lol okay but my dad is gonna freak

Thank you for all your help. Oh and you said my ratio was off. How many hens shoud I have for 1 rooster?

Well I have 5 chickens in a pen that's about 5x10 I feed them once a day. In the morning I feed them 2 cups of cracked corn. I also catch insects for them to eat. They don't free range at all because I have 2 outside dogs and I live in a forested area with plenty of preadators. I don't have a...

I am a new owner of my backyard flock and I'm still learning about chicken behaviors. I have 4 young hens and a roster. The rooster and the dominate hen pluck the feathers off of the meekest hen and eat them. they also eat any fluffy feathers that come off the other hens. Is this a sign of a...