Lost two of the chicks to a predator. Possibly raccoon? The other two are doing great though. They are in with the rest of the flock now and all is well.
4 chicks now! 2 eggs broke, tiny premature babies that weren't fully developed. 2 eggs left, but they may have been laid later. I'm leaving them in the nest a while longer to see what happens.
Our little incubator broke, so we haven't hatched chicks in months. We have 38 chickens (RIR, Jersey Giants, Bantam Cochins, and a Japanese Bantam). One of our Jersey Giants fought me every time I went out to collect eggs, so finally I decided to let her have her way. She was originally sitting...
I have 102 chicks that I just got last week. I have a pretty large brooder, so I put 1 big box and 1 small box in it and picked up each chick and the good ones went into the big box and the pasty butts went into the small one. I then let all the good ones back to run around and I cleaned and put...