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I had a really really small batch of Coturnix Quail eggs in my incubator and fully believed none of them would hatch. However, yesterday morning, I walked into my room to find a single chick running around the incubator. The baby is healthy, but so so alone. There are 3 more eggs sitting in the...

Hello all! I am getting 9 laying chicks, 2 ring neck pheasant chicks and 1 pekin duck soon. I live in Southern Ontario, Canada. Hoping to get some good advice and help to raise happy and healthy animals :) :D :celebrate

Well, the Girls are here, and I am beyond excited!! I was only supposed to get 6 lovely girls but they shipped 9 to me so I am really happy I built and extra large brooder and a coop that could hold up to 10 ladies! Speaking of brooder you all are the best and gave great advice on my brooder and...

I just hatched my first ever eggs in the incubator! I started with 12 eggs and lost 2 during early candling due to them not progressing- All 10 of the eggs left hatched! Not bad for my first time! I have no idea the breed of these chicks so I'm excited to see what they grow into. (neighbor gave...

I just culled a baby chick for the first time and am feeling very sad about it. We had a baby with a difficult hatch. It was our last hatching egg at 25 days. It took a long time after pip to start any progress (a little more than 24 hours) and was moved in the incubator because we were worried...

Hey it’s me again, I just posted some “mystery” bantams not too long ago, and I just now ended up with an additional one. I’d love to know what kind of bantam this is as well if possible. We have fluffy legs, a near white belly, a very shiny silver head and back, with some yellow around a pale...

So basically yesterday morning I woke up to find a random chick in with my girls, one of these sneak clutch moments, and clearly the poor thing had been stamped and/or pecked, because they have a few cuts and wounds. Fresh fresh baby. I managed to stem the bleeding from the ones they have around...

Our wee Harvey on the day he hatched.

I decided to give my broody hen some hatching eggs and then a second hen started to sit right along with her. They only successfully hatched 1 egg yesterday. I was hoping for mother nature to take its course and it seemed like one of the hens was going to take care of her, but now it seems...

Our broody just hatched her first ever baby, and the first ever hatch for our little homestead. We are so excited. Baby seems to be doing well, mamma is taking very good care to keep him protected from the other curious hens. She is sitting on 8 other eggs, and I'm excited to see how many more...

I set up my incubator and started up some eggs. It all went well, so far three have hatched and two more are on the way! I was moving this chick to the place where it will be raised for a little while and I noticed that the chick's leg/hip is displaced! The hip/upper leg kind of sticks out while...

Hi, Our last egg to hatch with our broody hens seemed to have leg issues. She moves but doesn’t stand fully up. This morning I noticed mom wasn’t helping her at all and then pecked her twice so I removed her and now she’s in our house in a brooder. I gave her so chicken vitamins in her water...

Hi all! It has been a while since I have posted anything on here and I think it is time to share an update on my feathered babies. First off, one of my chicks from my last post turned out to be a rooster. Since I can't keep roosters where I am he is now living out on my aunt's farm with all her...

Hello, I am a newbie and two of my hens have gone broody. Because I wasn't actively watching for this behavior I am unsure when they began sitting on their clutches. I estimated that today is day 21, but two days ago one chick hatched. It is healthy and sitting under mama, but there are still 6...

This is a cochin bantam chick I think. He is 5 days old now. From the day he was hatched he had this little featherless patch on his head and a leg limp. The patch is almost gone now. But his left leg shows no signs of improving. I tried taping it and using a rubber band with a straw (like...

This is my new buff orpington chick, Margaret Hatcher!! She's the sweetest thing!