this is 4 day-old chick. It just closes its eyes and moves to other locations when she is warmed up or wants to cool down.
I also tried putting drops of water in her mouth, but she just continues to sit down.
I just got 3 new blue orpington chicks, out of the 3, 1 isn’t doing so great. I have never seen her eat or drink, I tried making her drink by dipping her beak on the water bowl and that’s the only thing she had. My water has electrolytes mixed with it. Could there any be a solution for this? I...
Nope! I’m using a cheap forced air incubator I bought online, it was initially used for my cockatiel eggs, then I tested it out on some chicken eggs thankfully enough it did a great job. It’s pretty low maintenance since it has a turner and everything, the only thing you have to do is put water...
Here you go, she’s very sweet unlike some of her counterparts in the province. Probably because she was hand reared(?). Last two pictures are what the adult chickens looked like where I got her from.
Hello everyone! I’m a 3rd year Biology student that just started keeping silkie chicks a month ago. Suddenly now i’m addicted to hatching eggs, currently I have 1 native chick that has hatched, and 2 eggs on the way (which may or may not came from my college project). I really want to give them...