I wouldn't ever take the chick away, the mom needs to personally teach it what to eat and how to dust bathe, besides all that work the mom did to hatch that little chick, I would think she should be able to keep it, why don't you try to hatch a couple eggs from a bator, it probably knows that...
Left for about an hour today, in the brooder the chicks kicked the water thing down, spilled everywhere, all there feetsies were wet and cold, I felt sooo bad. Then when I had to clean the thing out it smelled so bad that I gagged several times, at first I was mad at them, then I stared into...
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not on their head- that is a vaulted skull, something different. Bearded silkies have very fluffy 'cheeks' and the area under their beak is fluffy as well.[/quote
All of my chicks are bearded, and my favorite has a vaulted skull.
I sortof had the same problem, my silkie chick had an eye stuck shut, I wiped the eyelid very softly and it was back to normal. When I realised it had curled toes I tried to fix the foot but it hurt the chick, I learned it would just get used to its foot being like that and be beautiful in its...