my baby last summer, i hand feed her for a week, but her neck was broke, the sad thing is i think i did it, i tryed to help her out of shell, never will i do that again, it hirt me when i got up in the morning ans she had passed to chicken heaven.
did yours have fuzz when it was 2 weeks old? mine was bare, no fuzz no feathers, it really looks sick, but i don't think it is as it is laying and eating good, i think i am going to take a picture of it and send to mcmurry's see if they can tell me what is wrong. i am thinking about getting her...
we have hatched about 35 chicks in our dinning room, i will never do it in the winter again as i had fuzz all over the living room which was where we moved them to which was the warm room, a few were our own eggs and a few from a store that sold eggs for hatching, next time i may get them at...
we hatched 13 eggs at this time 2 years ago, we kept them inside for a mth oh what a mess feathers all over the living room, never will I hatch this time of year again, the one picture is right after they hatched the middle one is after Gerry made cage for them it was so cold out we could not...
let them go put not past 30 days, no do not help them out of the shell I did that and here is what I got. I also tried to help him after born, his back was broke, he only lasted a week, I hand feed and put peck in water, but it was so hard to find him lifeless in the morning. I did have one come...
we had that and left the eggs in until day 30 we had 5 eggs and 3 hatched on day 30 they were so little but now are just as big as the rest, we kept them apart for a while,
I have hatched my own chickens this last time it took two eggs almost 30 days, very small and we kept 3 of them apart from the rest, one did not make it had a broken back or something, the other 2 are fine and back with the rest, we have to turn the eggs so I put them in a egg carton they on day...
we hatched eggs last year, a lot of them came after 22 days, one was 28 days and now doing great a black peep took to her and acted like her mom to this day they are always together, I have had not luck with the candle thing, we have hatched 24 peep in my dinning room
we also hatched our own chicks, I keep temp at 99 and it worked fine, we also had a peep born with a broken back I tried to help it hopeing it would fix it self. we had to turn them so I put eggs in a egg carton and just turn the whole thing at once then when we got to the point of 4 days left...
we have a hatchery and used it twice last year one time was in dec and then in may this year but had a new mommy so the peeps that came at went under her, she was a good mommy had 13 babys to take care of we did keep the ones that we did in dec in the house till my living room had white all over...