Those in that thread look just like the ones I found. Fungus gnat larvae look very similar, but these are about twice the size. Wet conditions would lean toward something similar. I hope it's not a biting, blood-sucking fly. I could have put some under the microscope if I hadn't stomped on them...
Yes, they were still alive and wiggling. It is a heated dog bowl type waterer on the ground. I always see earthworms underneath the bowl when I dump it, drawn to the heat from the bowl, so hopefully that's the case with these too. They didn't look like any fly larvae I have ever seen, besides...
I found these in my silkies' water bowl today. I've kept chickens some 12 years now and have never seen anything like this. It has been consistently cold here, except today was mild in the 50s, so I'm assuming one of my birds must have spit these up into their water. I change their water every...
This little girl had difficulty hatching out and her feet have been turned under since birth. I don't get too ahead of myself trying to intervene, but she was peeping so vigorously and fully zipped, just couldn't push out. I was gone all that day unexpectedly and when I got there, she had dried...
She is sitting with both legs stretched out oddly in front of her now. Not eating or drinking even though it is right where she can reach. I think she is in pain. Thanks for your replies. I'm afraid she is not going to survive. I don't want her to suffer. That is the hard part. :(
One of my 4 week old chicks has something wrong with her leg. When she's sitting on the ground, she has it stretched out straight behind her. I picked her up and examined it closely. The foot feels a little colder than the other and from the knee joint down it is hanging loosely with no...
Hi guys. I am in the middle of my first hatch ever and I was wondering if you all could take a look at my air cells and see if they look ok to you. They were candled on days 0, 7 and 14.
We had an opossum in the coop this evening and thankfully I heard the commotion and got out there quickly. None of my chickens were killed and I looked them over one by one as best I could with a flashlight and I didn't find any obvious injuries. One of my girls whose feathers I suspect were the...
I bought a Hova-Bator Genesis 1588 a couple months ago and have been studying up on hatching and read the Hatching 101 page here. I am wanting to hatch out some eggs from my own chickens and time them out to be in the midst of hatching on my daughter's birthday on March 8th. I want to know if 21...
Ok, she seemed to be ignoring them now, so I went ahead and took them from her and candled them. They've been dead for quite some time, nothing but a gooey mess inside. Yuck!
Yeah, this is my first hatch ever and an unexpected one at that. I've had chickens for several years, but this is the first time I've kept roosters long enough to get babies. I just went out to check on them and there doesn't seem to be any advancement in those 3 eggs. One is not cracked at all...
Little mama did a good job! She went back to her nest quickly after things quieted down from the move. She must not have been setting as long as I thought while she was gone. It was 2 weeks ago when I moved her. I really did have to move her so DH could get back to chopping firewood and so my 3...
Hi everybody. I have a broody bantam Golden Seabright. I can't believe she had a mind to set eggs in the dead of winter! The temps have been quite warm for awhile now with the weird weather. She was missing for about 2-3 weeks and I had a feeling she had gone broody because one of her...
Just a little update. We've made it over 2 weeks now with no further casualties. The remaining two poults are growing and doing well. I've had to cage them within the brooder to keep them from flying out all the time. They're 6 weeks old now and about the size of a banty chicken.
Thanks for all of your help, @chicapee ! It has been in the 90's and humid here during the days too, nights in the 60's. I am suspecting they may be too hot, although they seem to enjoy it. Some of the reading I've done online suggested that they may get too comfy and not need to get up and...
Lost another one tonight. Now I'm down to 2. :( They are eating and drinking. I just can't figure this out. Only thing I've done differently was the straw, but it is clean and dry. They aren't spilling any of their water. Each one looks tired like it's sleepy the day before it dies. I...
Yeah, they are still in the brooder in my garage. Daytime temps have been in the 80's and 90's here lately, so I have the red heat lamp hung about 2' high off to one side of the brooder. They seem comfortable and spread out. They have some feathers now at 3 weeks old.
The more I'm reading...