I’m in need of some help/advice. We have 33 ten day old chicks that we moved into their new coop yesterday. The chicks all seemed to run to the same spot and one chick got the brunt of the weight. She is now not walking on her right leg. It seems that her hock is red and swollen. Is this a...
I'm nervous to put the remaining chicks with her. She did a great job the last time she raised chicks. We didn't have a rooster at that time, so after she sat on eggs for about 2 weeks, we bought some chicks and put them under her at night. She took to them very well. But I'm nervous to...
I think so. We have a mama who was sitting on the eggs. Two hatched under her. We went out to check on everyone and she was attacking the rest of the eggs that were hatching. She killed 2 chicks that were partially hatched (it was hard to see). So we quickly brought the rest inside to our...
I woke up this morning to this sweet one. Doesn't look good. Looks like the yolk sac burst? Will she make it? Or should I put her out of her misery? This is our first time hatching chicks.