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I have a 6 hour old Serama chick who is still in the incubator. S(he) has a swollen, red right hock and it seems painful. She'll put it down then pick it right back up again. She hatched by herself, so no trauma from others. Has any one seen this? Any ideas?

My trial and error attempt at making the Formex Snap-Lock chicken coop into a safe and happy home for healthy chickens!

Oops, I've wasted some good stuff then. Thank you so much, I'll start doctoring it so they'll munch it up!

I purchased the Countryside Organic chick starter and there are some pieces of grain and other bits with texture, but the majority of the feed is dusty and ground as finely as cinnamon and similar spices. My chicks (almost 4 weeks old) don't want to eat the finer stuff, so I find myself dumping...

I'm trying to be a good mama hen. :) I happened to read where folks were discouraging the use of regular bulbs vs the red heat lamp bulbs, mentioning screwing up their diurnal schedule or some such thing. And, I see how when the sun goes down, they are under their EcoGlow for the entire night...

Thank you! I tend to over think, but don't want to "should" on myself later! :)

I have 6 buff orpington chicks that are growing like weeds. I need to move them from my bathroom tub to either a spare bedroom where I can allow the sunrise to wake them and the sunset to put them to bed ( it's quiet and not as social a place as the living room), OR put them in the living room...

Happy toasty chicks!!