chick behavior

My brown NN chick is starting to be very aggressive with me. It approaches my hand boldly without fear and cocks it’s head and bites me! A two week old!! I’m very surprised by this. Any advice on how to teach the chick respect without hurting it would be appreciated. I’m pretty sure it’s a...

I hatched 4 chicks 3 days ago, some of which were born with some minimal goop and egg shells on their fur, though were still able to fluff up on their own. The next day, I noticed that 2 of them would periodically have one or both eyelids get stuck shut after snoozing. They usually opened on...

hello! I just had an incredible hatch, 14/17 chicks and two more would've gotten out if I had been more patient and not opened the incubator, and 13 are strong and healthy. However, sadly, I don't think one of them is doing so hot. I named him Elbow so I don't get too attached. Anyways, Elbow is...

Good greif...:( We have hatched countless chicks but this is a first. Turkeys I have seen this a lot, but turkeys are dumb as a rock. A two day hatch, 2 brooders, one for each day. I was up last night until 2ish, assist hatching the second day late guys. Rescued about 6. Going back and forth...

hi! i very recently hatched a group of button quail chicks (7 of em) and all seem to be doing fine except one that hatched this morning i noticed it kept getting stuck in the wire flooring of the incubator (which none of the other chicks had) so i placed a paper towel in the brooder to help...

I bought this costume about 2 months ago. I used it when my hens turned about 6 months old to teach them how to lay their eggs. It worked really well but I don't need it anymore. They were fast learners. Contact me if interested!

Yesterday, I had one of my chicks (a black australorp) attacked by the older chickens. She's 9 weeks old. We just put the chicks in this week. They pecked the back of her head and neck quite badly. The skin is pushed up on the top of her head so it sort of covers one of her eyes and it looks...

I currently have 3 four day old chicks in the house. All are supposed to be females. They came in the mail yesterday and were doing great. One of the chicks (an easter egger) has started to bully the other two. I have had to separate her from the other two girls. I know pecking is common, but...

Hey, I've had chickens now for about a year or so and I have 9 chicken, all different breeds. Recently I brought home two newbies- a lakenvelder (she's a couple months now) and an Ameraucana (she's about a month now). My Ameraucana has a crossed beak but she is still able to get food and drink...

I bought some chicks off of Meyer hatchery and they came in this morning. I picked up the chicks at 6:30am. I have a brinsea ecoglow brooder, provided food and water(with ACV), and had one die within two hours of getting them home. About one and a half hours later a second chick started not...

The chicks are healthy and can run and jump quite well for being 5 days old and are very active and curious, but they are also quite stubborn. Mama hen just tried convincing her chicks to follow her out of the nestbox, and even the one that was trapped under her wing and fell out when she was...

Hey all! I am a newbie here! Today we put our 6 week old chicks (all hens) in the coop and run for the first time, yay! They are having so much fun out there digging and scratching around. However, I have noticed twice now that my EE and Dominique are fighting. I believe the Dominique is the...