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I have a chicken that is about 11 weeks old having troubles with its feet and walking. I don't know what kind of bird it is or if it is male or female yet - I'm thinking based on the irridescent tail feathers coming in that it is a boy. We hatched it from a mixed batch of eggs from a neighbor...

The same thing happened to me when I got home last night and I freaked out too. Same situation, we had the tupperware lid over half the brooder to keep the little chicks from hopping out, they are about 2 weeks old now. The litter must have been damp from their spilled water dish and between...

What do I do for my little chickie? I'm not sure if is an unabsorbed yolk sack or it's little guts? Either way, what shall I do? Right now its still in the incubator and I have cleared out most of the other chickies (there was one other not ready to come out yet). Its quite active and...

My chicks are just starting to hatch, (my first batch ever so exciting!!!). I had put a damp sponge in the incubator to up the humidity and now the little babies are flopped on top of the sponge. I'm worried about them being on the sponge but I don't want to open up the bator to take it out...

Thank you both for your advice! My chickies should do much better now I can't believe how cute they can be!! ~Stephanie

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and new to raising baby chicks. We got some day old chicks and slipped them under a broody hen. We keep them all free range so have not separated them off from the rest of the flock. The chicks are now about a week old and I've noticed the mother taking the layer...