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  1. ELRclover

    UPDATE Please help-first time hatcher and newborn chick question

    THere's 15 other eggs there, but so far, no signs of hatching. We figured the one would hatch because it was peeping last night, but no other eggs are peeping yet. The one that is walking around seems confused, by this one... It chirps, but keeps laying on it's belly or back with it's head...
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    UPDATE Please help-first time hatcher and newborn chick question

    So, one of our egg chicks started pecking through it's shell. It sat there like that for 24 hours, so my husband helped it. It's very tired it seems. My husband helped it last night and this morning, it's still laying there on it's side. It's pecking and everything, cheeping...but isn't up and...
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    Silkie is covered in poo- not on butt tho

    The other chicks (they are now 5 weeks old) keep pooping all over the silkie.. is there any way I can bathe it? We are new to chicken world. I was letting it go, but now it's so bad, the entire one wing is covered in poo. I know the poor thing will hate me trying to clean it- but it's been a...
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    When can I take my chicks outside for an hour or two?

    We took our entire brooder outside today and opened the door up, and they had free range... but only a few actually went out.... it was kind of funny watching them unsure of what to do!
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    Chick Chicks (Pics)

    The yellow one is supposed to be a rooster... we will see. It was in the assorted rooster bin- so not sure what it is. They said the rest were female rhode island reds!
  6. ELRclover

    Chick Chicks (Pics)

    I figured I would share our chick set up and chicks... This is our first bunch of chicks ever. We've been talking about it for ages, and hubby came home with them yesterday. There are 9 in all. (Don't mind the coloring sheet- my daughter wanted to "give" them something haha)
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    Looking for Female Silkie in South Central PA

    Hi there, We just got our baby chicks yesterday and I was hoping someone had a silkie to give away or sell. We were going to order our chicks and order silkies, but last minute decided just to purchase them locally. We are located in Cumberland County. Thanks!
  8. ELRclover

    Baby chicks and salmonella- question

    Hi Everyone! New to the boards and New to the world of raising chickens. We got our first chickens yesterday. We got 8 rhode island reds (They said they were all females we will see) and 1 that they said was a rooser (again I guess we will see right?) Anyway... everyone keeps telling me that...
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