baby chick 0-1 week old and up

  1. L

    Baby chick isn’t good at eating

    I’m back with my 5th question. These tiny fluffs have been a source of constant worry. I have one chick that is a lot smaller than the rest, and isn’t very good at eating. She will just stand and stare at the food and maybe peck at it once or twice, while the rest of the chicks are just...
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    • baby chick 0-1 week old and up failure to thrive not eating much raising baby chicks
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. K

    URGENT! young chick just stoped walking, one wing is wide open, stumbling to that side when she walks refusing to lift head

    Hi guys I really need some urgent help! I have just found one of my little chicks sitting on the ground with one wing hanging and having difficulty walking, when my little chick does try to move, she/he stumbles to the same side of the open hanging wing, I have gotten it to drink but not eat as...
  3. K

    Please-please, can someone help with 3 baby chicks in Miami!

    I have found 3 baby chicks without their mom, they were all wet and upside down but I saw their bellies breathing, they were all wet (it rained last night). I got them at home in the box and tried feeding them (not sure how...) I do not have any experience raising them and my husband is not...
  4. P

    Baby chick with red eye please help

    My broody hens sat on fertilised eggs and hatched 5 chicks. 4 are loved and happy with their mummy hens. Today, I found the fifth abandoned. I tried to put it under the australorp hen but she wouldn't have a bar of it and the other broody hen turned her back. It lacked energy so I picked it up...
  5. S

    My chick was choking on a baby worm

    So I gave my baby chicks worms and they absolutely loved them! Anyway, on of my black silkies ate a full worm it took her ages to eat it and the worm kept on coming back up and down her throat. We were very worried and thought she was choking. Her head was up and was trying to swallow it. Now...
  6. D

    They Grow So Fast!!

    So I'm not really sure what I was expecting when we signed up to raise chicks, but holy Toledo they grow and change fast!! It seems like every time I pass the brooder, they have new feathers, or have gotten bigger!! Can we just talk about how adorable baby tail feathers are?? What milestones...
  7. 0ddaudd

    Advice For First Time Raising Brand New Chicks And Ducklings?

    Hey! So I'm about to be a parent of a few day old Rhode Island White chicks and a Pekin duck. I just wanted to hop on here and ask for some basic advice. I know the chicks should have a heat lamp of around 99-100 degrees the first few days, so what is the best lamp y'all have used? And what...
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    • advice on chicks baby birds baby chick 0-1 week old and up chick food duckling food heat bulbs new at raising chicks new chick new duckling
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. Amandals22

    Need advice/help with a week old Serama chick

    Warning! Long post I apologize ahead of time. Hi, I am looking for anyone with advice or experience with hatching chicks naturally by mom but ended up with a chick having pasty butt and then almost dying but brought back to life. My serama hen hatched out 4 babies last Wednesday. All hatched...
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    • baby chick baby chick 0-1 week old and up help pasty butt revived weak chick
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  9. S97

    New here, need advice on 1 day old chicks

    Hello my name is Sierra i am getting 8, 1day old chicks soon and was wondering about how close i should have the heat lamp for my chicks. I am use an old aquarium that is 4 feet long and about 20 inches tall. The heat lamp is about 14 inches from the ground. Is that to close? The other side of...
  10. emmsx3

    Very Tiny 2 Week Baby Chick. Is this normal?

    I have a 2 week old baby chick who is SUPER tiny. Her brother and sister are also 2 weeks just a day apart but they are growing normally. Her wings are so tiny with no feathers yet. She has troubling eating her food (chick starter) and trouble swallowing (only one piece of food at a time). I do...
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    • 2 week old chicks baby chick 0-1 week old and up chicks 2 weeks eating disorder small chick swallowing issues tiny chick
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. Robynnlou

    Help me name my babies.

    I would love some help with my new sizzle babies. They’re currently just over 1 week old and I would really like to name them! I would love names that really suit how they look. I’m thinking one will be white and the other partridge? White perhaps more frizzle? What do you think of...
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    • baby chick 0-1 week old and up frizzle frizzle chicks name that chicken partridge partridge silkie silkie sizzle sizzles
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    • Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
  12. B

    Injured baby chick reintegration

    So I’m new to chickens but have done research as i go along and help my parents (17) raise the chicks. One chick, a female silkie named bunny, got a notable eye infection, and was getting pecked at by other chicks. So i took her out and made a nice setup with a space heater, food, water, and a...
  13. Peepinwithmapeeps

    Baby chick lethargic:should I just let it sleep?

    I just recieved 10 babies in the mail. Mostly healthy considering their 2 day journey-except for 1. They're under heat, drinking water with vita-pak and eating. The weak one seems to be unable to do anything than faceplant. It's right near food and water and interested but struggling. I'm just...
  14. N

    Best Organic Chick Starter Feed?

    Hello, Soon to be new Mom of 15 baby chicks. I've done a million times of research on everything I need for the new baby chicks before buying them. Finally deciding to buy them, I'm still in the dilemma about the best Organic Chick Starter Feed I can get for them. I want to keep everything...
  15. Icantraisechickenshelp

    Baby chicken injured!!! Please help!!!

    Ok. It's all my fault. I have week old baby chicks and it's my first time. I was bringing them outside and I was moving the fence while the chicks were still in there... And one of the chicks legs got stuck under the fence. Luckily, I got it out quickly, but my baby chicks now is limping and...
  16. B

    Hello I need your help

    Hello everybody, I'm new I just had a baby chick her poop was normal until today , does she have worms ?
  17. C

    New baby chicks!

    We are new to chickens and I want to make sure I’m doing this right. Our hen hatched 7 chicks 4 days ago. We moved them to the back porch in a make shift kiddie pool pen. We have wooden box,water and food & shavings for them with heat lamp at night. They are about 20 feet from other chickens. Is...
  18. Nibarlan

    First time Picking Up Chicks

    We got chicks for the first time at our local general store The breeds are Buff Orpington, Cuckoo Maran, and Ameraucana. I'm about 3/4 done with the coop and have been documenting it as I go. I'll have that fully up in video and text/picture format once I'm finished completely. For now a short...
  19. T

    Sand bath for baby chicks?

    Hi! So I have two olive egger chicks, they both seem to be under 10days old. I was wondering, would putting a sand bath in their coop be good? And if so, can I use chinchilla dust sand for them? Or should I stay away from that?
  20. T

    Olive egger chicks

    Hi! So I got two baby chicks, olive Eggers mixed with a maran. They're about 7days old? One is older and I think it's the black one... The grey/white one is energetic, healthy, eats, drinks, poops, squeaks, etc. But the black one which we got just yesteeday and brought home doesn't seem All...
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    • baby chick baby chick 0-1 week old and up help asap not drinking not eating not moving not normal not walking please advise what can i do
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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