This duck was accidentally incubated with chicken eggs not sure how. So the egg was overdue for hatching but I could see that it internally popped the air sac so I poked a little hole in it. I had already assisted a chiclet with his shell and thought it would be fine to help this one aswell...
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New member here! We are raising our first chicks, and there is a steep learning curve. We started out with a heat lamp, but now after reading about the fire danger and behaviorial issues I want to swap to a heating pad. I have one that can stay on constantly, and I have read about how to...
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New member here! We are raising our first chicks, and there is a steep learning curve. We started out with a heat lamp, but now after reading about the fire danger and behaviorial issues I want to swap to a heating pad. I have one that can stay on constantly, and I have read about...
Raising nine baby chicks in my bathtub right now. They turned two weeks three days ago. I want to move them into the barn. We have nine adults that live in a big coop inside the barn and go into the yard everyday. I would move the babies into the smaller coop within the barn (big ones couldn’t...
Good afternoon everyone! I’m Olivia 😊First off - thank you all so much for the posts / threads we are able to read on this site, it has been SO helpful, before and after we’ve received our new chicks. We found BYC by simple google searches and I love feedback from real people. My husband, Scott...
Hello! I have 5 4 week old Easter Egger chicks. The brooder they are currently in gives them 1.25 sq feet per bird. They seem cramped in there. So question one is- is that enough space? I let them out of the brooder multiple times a day to run around the spare bedroom (outdoors is currently too...
Hi! I'm excited to have 6, 3-4 week old chicks. They have a large brooder and we clean it daily. Even with that, they often have poop on their feet. I have used a damp paper towel unsuccessfully but would it be ok to use baby wipes? I only have non-organic baby wipes - do you think they are safe...
I have 2 duckling both about 3 weeks old. They are still in a “brooder” inside my house. (It’s really just a pen I made with cardboard and boxes so they would have more room-picture below). Lately I’ve had them out of their brooder from the moment I wake up, to the moment I go to bed. I put them...
So I’m curious about adding my new pullets to the established flock. I’ve got 7 birds outside and 8 in the brooder we’ve got a long time but I want to be ready. If I’m supposed to keep new birds in the coop for a couple days how do I get my veterans in and out? I don’t have the space for a...
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I want to start off by saying this is my first time raising chicks in over 10 years, and I’m pretty rusty. The chicks seem to be doing pretty good, sleeping a lot, fluffing bedding, and chirping. No water drinking yet, but they have investigated it and been shown. There’s six bantam...