when I ordered mine last year I ordered 6 and they were all alive. I live in WA state- they mailed on mon. and I got them on thurs. one had a belly button on out side didn't make it. and one was a roo. not supposed to be.
I didn't bother with trying to get replacements.
I have been really wanting a blue since I lost my blue andelusian, and blue laced red wyandotte, and had blue copper maran eggs that didn't hatch. I hatched out some eggs, from a farm one of the mom's was blue, I didn't get blue chicks though. I went to the county fair, and they had chicks for...
cuties!!
here's the hatch from last week-
this is them in the egg- this is them in the same order..
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the little blue egg hatched but the chick didn't make it. Yellow chick was a suprise color, moms were all diff. dad was coco maran.
this is them just hatched...
this is them with the...
I dip all my newbies beaks in yolk water. if one seems weak I also like having those hand warming packets on hand. shocky chicks need to be ex warm. some one said if you put a sock over their backs as they sleep the think it is a wing.
Crazy chick girl, You did everything right I got a shipment in July hatched on mon. Delivered to my house by Thur. I live in wa state. I ordered 6 chicks. and one had really skinny legs legs and feet. I turned it over to see if it had a pooh butt because I felt some thing crusty and it was its...
try and mix water and yolk and dip chick beak in it and make sure you see them drink it gulp gulp gulp 4 sips every couple of hrs or so, I do this with new chicks even if they are not weak the first week is always kinda iffy if you don't take care.