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    Photo of hen's foot - is this bumblefoot?

    Thanks for replying. No scab or cut on the bottom. Everything looks fine except for this big swollen area.
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    Photo of hen's foot - is this bumblefoot?

    Hi friends -- Can anyone familiar with foot issues take a look? Is this bumblefoot? or something else? Advise? She is walking around normally, not lethargic or acting differently at all.
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    Question - Hen weaning at just under 4 weeks

    What causes a mama to step away from mama duties so early? I keep reading 6-8 weeks or even longer. (and my only experience was a mama who stayed with her chickies for a full 9 weeks). Thanks for the help for a relative newbie at hatching.
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    Question - Hen weaning at just under 4 weeks

    Thank you. So far they are mingling ok -- Mama hen has gone way off on her own but the others are mingling with the young ones. They will be 4 weeks in 4 days.
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    Photo of hatching - should i do something?

    This was a month almost a month ago, but just reporting an update, in case anyone sees and is doing their own research. The chick stayed exactly like this photo for another 36 hours. I did my research about shrink-wrapped and helped it out. Little chick was kinda weak for the first few days but...
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    Question - Hen weaning at just under 4 weeks

    First time Mama Hen sat on 9 eggs. 6 hatched, 4 survived. The other 3 she left in the nest. It's about 4 weeks now. It was a staggered hatch over 3 days, so these babes have a few days between them. They stayed in their own little cage in the chicken run for the first few days and then have...
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    Photo of hatching - should i do something?

    Also the two that hatched yesterday are very active and they're stepping on the other eggs that are trying to hatch. Scratching wood shavings in them and stuff. Should I remove the chicks? Don't have an incubator.
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    Photo of hatching - should i do something?

    Two have hatched yesterday and are doing well. One hatched overnight and found dead this am. This one, mama pushed to the side. I see breathing. There's a little blood. Should I do anything?
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    Rooster timing

    Awesome, thank you so much!
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    Rooster timing

    That's good advice, Mary. What kind of general timeframe is this "watch and see" time? Weeks? Months?
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    Rooster timing

    The current status of my small flock: -3 hens, a little over a year old -1 rooster, about 15 weeks old -3 chicks (from one of the hens who went broody), 4 weeks old Of the 3 chicks, it's looking pretty obvious that one of them is a rooster. I know we can't have 2 roosters with this small...
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    14 weeks...rooster?

    I thought so. Just slow to crow? ;-)
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    I will just add one more thing, in case it might be helpful for someone researching after this kind of accident. In the first couple of minutes, that chick looked like it was definitely gone. I'm assuming this sweet thing was in some kind of shock. It was still, eyes closed, looked flat...
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    14 weeks...rooster?

    14 weeks, no crowing or anything close. It's definitely a rooster, though...right?
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    Just an update that several days later, the chick is looking good! So relieved!
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    Thank you for the reply. So far Mama seems fine and all is "normal" - I'll check in the a.m. Appreciate all the input. Hoping for the best.
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    Thank you so much for your kindness and encouragement. Are there warning signs that the Mama might abandon it -- something that should signal that I should try to separate it? So far, the chick is seeming more and more "normal", is interacting with Mama and other chicks, etc.
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    Thank you for that. Anything else I should do in terms of being stepped on? Specifically things to look out for? She seems to be doing pretty well now. She's still moving a little slow but she's moving around, peeping, eating. How would I know if she has internal injuries?
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    Baby chick stepped on with poopy shoe

    Hello. A baby chick (3 days old, hatched under broody) was accidentally stepped on by a child. The Chick was sort of flat and not moving for about a minute and then it perked up a bit and started standing and walking. Eventually it went under Mom and so we're just letting it stay there for now...
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    Two chicks died, moved remaining to new coop but they won't go in at night

    Thank you so much. I thought about that as well - but they are in an entirely new coop. Maybe they are still associating their loss with nightime/roosting? I'm just not sure if I should try to move them again (I'm not even sure where) - if something like mites might still be an issue.
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