abandoned baby

  1. A

    Abandoned quail mom

    Found a baby Gambel quail in our backyard on 7/2/24 with the goal to reunite with the family. 6 weeks later and we realize we’re the family. Lucky seems to be thriving, no cage, always hanging on the patio. We have a routine, always at our feet when outside, loves broccoli and looks forward to...
  2. S-t-o-n-e

    Young pullets abandoned by mom

    i had a hen go broody and was looking to expand my flock, so I ordered 2 fayoumi chicks, 1 black Sumatra, 1 buff orphington, all female, and a partridge rock male, I put them under her, and it well, but the chicks are only 4.5 weeks old, and the mom is already chasing them off, is that normal?
  3. J

    Emergency Abandoned Chicken

    We live in Willington CT and let our chickens free range in our yard. Today we came home and it seems that someone dropped off a chicken in our yard. Any guidance of what we should do will be greatly appreciated. We could support another chicken but we are afraid it is a rooster and if someone...
  4. C

    Guts or intestines hanging out of chick?

    I went out last night to check on my broody and oh dear, she got off her nest and took already hatched babies to a different location. I found one baby with the yolk sack still attached, cold almost dead and another pipped egg cold almost dead. I got them straight into the incubator and looked...
  5. R

    Is my chick ok?

    This morning, we discovered three new chicks. Two seemed yo have been stepped on and killed and the third was rescued from momzilla the chicken. It is in its own box with the last three eggs that may or may not hatch. I'm not concerned about temperature right now. It's 104° And I have a heat...
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