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We have had 14 successful hatched chicks over the last few days. One of the later ones to hatch (an Orpington) is unable to stop its head from shaking left to right when awake, I have noticed it stops once it is relaxed and falling to sleep. I have tried to do some research myself but thought...

Yesterday I found my 3 year old hybrid in the shed sitting on her own, she was fine the day before. I picked her up and her legs stayed stuff underneath her with her toes curled, I gently pulled her legs down into standing position but she pulled them back in. She will drink when I put her beak...

Has anyone had a successful hatch with having a power cut? We went out today and when we got back home we noticed the power was off, we put it straight back on to heat the incubator back up again. We worked out the power was out for 6 hours and the eggs were cold! i cant remember the temperature...

I tried everything by searching on BYC and the net for weeks to try and rid my chicken of mites and feather fleas, 2 different powders and neither worked so i thought right im going to bath her... And it worked! The majority of mites have all gone, she will be having another bath in a few days...

Please help me find out what is wrong with this pullet. She is a fresian fowl and about 18 weeks old. She is normally a very flighty bird but the past 3 days her wings have slowly been becoming more and more droopy and low. One side is worse than the other. Today she was acting a little bit too...

I have a hybrid hen who is about 2 years old and has always been a good layer and very active. Yesterday i noticed her sitting under a bush asleep so when i picked her up she didnt move. I checked her over (vent and crop) but found nothing unusual, she has no mites as she has been treated. Her...

Hi, Our cochins are 6 and a half weeks old now and are ready to be rehomed, however we have a few white cochins left in question as to whether they are girls or boys! We really need some help and opinions! Thankyou :) Chick 1 Chick 1 at the back and chick 2 at the front Chick 2 Chick...

I have posted numerous pics on here over last few days of my chicks and have found it very useful. I have 2 queries left as we are seperating the boys and the girls. Are the 2 below boys or girls? Chick 1- Chic 2 ---- The one in question is on the left this is it by itself - its...

Could anyone tell me what breed and gender this chick is please? It is for certain an orpington or a cochin but we really cant work it out! Also the sex? It does have minimal feathers on legs but not as much as all the other cochins! by a mile Thanks

Hello We really need some help identifying the sex of our chicks. Anyone who can help, we will be grateful. Someone has said that female cochins do also have combs so sometimes can be hard to judge just from that unless you know what you are looking for!? Also the white ones are hard as the...

Is their any ways to sex my 5 week old cochin chicks? Could really do with knowing? is their a link anyone knows to help or advice? Many thanks

I have 4 chicks, 3 of which are Buff orps and the one which i am concerned about is a buff columbian. She acts very dopey and will often stay in the same place all day with her eyes closed and tweeting and rocking. Her wings look like they are dropped and she looks very puffed up, although when...

I have 4 chicks, 3 of which are Buff orps and the one which i am concerned about is a buff columbian. She acts very dopey and will often stay in the same place all day with her eyes closed and tweeting and rocking. Her wings look like they are dropped and she looks very puffed up, although when...

I have a 3 day old chick that has not been able to walk properly since hatching, it manages to get about by shuffling on its one leg. I noticed its bad leg stuck out to the side more so i taped them together like you would for splayed legs. It's toes are also very curled under. I made boots for...

We have 5 chicks hatch over the past 2 days and have 8 more eggs in the bator waiting to hatch. I have listened to the eggs and only heard movement and chirping from one campine egg, however it has not pipped yet so do i pip for it in the air sac end? If yes then how will i go about doing this...

As i have just got back home to check my eggs i noticed the lid of my incubator was not on tightly at the back and there was the tiniest gap. My temp was fine at about 38 degrees celcius, however my humidity had dropped to 40%. Throughout the first 18 days my humidity was a steady 40-50% and i...

Well only 1 chick has hatched so far and unfortuantly it didnt make it and died after a few hours :(, we have 3 eggs left under our broody but i hear no noise coming from the eggs. Is this ok? How long should i wait until i give up on them? and what is the latest you've had an egg hatch...

It is hatching day for our first time broody hen who was sitting on 4 eggs, we checked at day 16 and all 4 were alive and kicking. This morning a little chick hatched so we left mom to it, when i came back 4 hours later the chick was dead, pushed out of the nest near the water feeder. Im not...

We have 17 eggs in an incubator which are on day 14, we candled them for the last time and noticed what we think is two chicks in one egg, both moving around! I have read alot on the internet that the chicks wont survive and usually die, is there anything we can do to try and help both chicks...

I set 22 eggs in the incubator on tuesday the 15th May and this is my first ever time of hatching eggs using an incubator. I have a few questions about the humidity of the incubator as it is hand made (bought from ebay) and the instructions i have received do not say anything about keeping the...