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I will keep a close eye on it and make sure it continues to make progress I will also double check all the other little ones to be sure. I also had to laugh tonight when i went t fetch the chick... my 2 hens are in side by side pens and one had 9 chicks and the other 5 Now they both...

At what age can you reliably tell the sex of a chicken.... My neighbour has 2 young chicks that are I think about 7 weeks old... we think one looks male and the other looks female... He sent me photos that his daughter took but Im not sure if any of you experts can advise....

UPDATE :) NEWSFLASH I once was blind but now i see..... Thank you FortCluck I gently washed out the chicks eyes with a homemade saline solution.. I did this several times using cotton buds..... and it has opened both eyes... I feel so stupid that I didnt try this sooner but I was...

(Sobs ) Im so upset well Jealous really lol What a fab job :) Well done I could almost move into that myself :)

I have 23 chicks in total 9 with this batch and 5 with another hen and them 2 are in together (so 14 that hang together ) Mothers are getting on pretty ok after an initial battle to make sure they settled together They mind all the chicks

I was going to try using moist cotton buds as I thought it might be junk in eyes,. Wasnt sure best approach but will try later and see fi i can help it out

Hey all I have one of my beautiful baby chicks that never opened her/his eyes Not sure what to do He is over 2 weeks old now and not growing as well as the other ones in hiss age bracket I am uploading 2 photos... Pretty hard to get a good one but here goes .. any help appreciated

Wow I would have guessed Pullet I still have a lot of learning to do lol Glad I didnt have that problem when finding my wife :)

I will get better Pictures tomorrow I had tried not to disturb them too much :) The 2nd red one is still sitting Thank you for the reply

Good luck with your endeavours. I have used broody hens for hatching a few times now with great success I have never hatched using an incubator... I love to see a broody hen go through her time. Dont stress .. while some hens quit it is likely that this wont happen. I have put 11...

I started breeding chicks last year for the first time Before that i always just bought point of lay chickens. I loved the experience last year so this year I added a few extra made up homes when my hens started being broody I have set 3 to hatching this year and am so happy that so far...

Hi Kiki Why do you say not to Water Candle the eggs? My parents always did this when wwe were young and it always worked.... I was always told as long as the eggs hadnt pipped it was a safe way to check for life .. The eggs are now on day 26 and I assume they are dead but want to be sure...

Glad to have joined this group I have often looked at BYC for answers on raising chickens. I have had hens for several yyears now as I always preferred home free range eggs. Last year was my first attempt at actually breeding chickens and I had 2 broody hens that I had gotten from a...

I just had 2 hens sitting on eggs from same source. One had her first chick on day 21 and the last on day 23 The other Hen hatched her first chick onn day 24 aand her last on day 26 I have not seen such a long delay before. Also a neighbour had a hen sit with her first chick coming on...