Yep. A pro once told me that the chicks in there walking on the hatching eggs will get everyone motivated to come out. I don't know if that is true but it helped calm me down. LOL. The bloated butt baby, it is ok. It depends on how much yolk they had to ingest right before hatching. If that one...
As you have probably have figured out they don't really like to climb. They like every at ground level. They have to learn to be chickens if they were raised in the house. We had one that was raised in the house and now she loves scratcging and pecking. It took a little while for them to get...
I am not sure. I did have some in my last hatch that had kinda smooth heads like yours does. They are puffy now, not as puffy as the others. She is so cute anyway.
I had to show everyone my husbands cute little 7 weeks old silver partridge boy, Cocoa He started crowing last Saturday. Cutest thing I had ever heard.
He is so curious about everything.
Yes we do:D. You are doing fine. Silkies are a little bit of a challenge to hatch. I set 10 Friday and got 6 today thought about setting them but I am.good right now on babies. Need to get them to laying stage.:)