chick development

Recently I got my first broody hens and they successfully hatched 4 chicks all together! This thread is just to document their development as they grow. 3 Leghorn/Silkie crosses and 1 Midnight Majesty Maran/Silkie cross Biological parents: The father, Lucky (aka Lil' Britches), Silkie Bantam...

I have 3 baby silkies that I hatched. They are about 2 and a half weeks old. One is growing rapidly, one is in the middle, and one honestly seems like a runt. The largest one was born a day before the other 2. The “runt” was the only one that hatched properly, the other 2 needed help. The weight...

My chicky Bobby (presumably female) has the most unusual looking comb. In all the research I've done I haven't come across one like her's. What will it form into?

Hi! So my friends picked up a couple of baby chicks the other day from Tractor Supply Co, but couldn't keep them and so I adopted them. However, now that I have them, I'm deadly worried one of them will get sick and die, as I've grown pretty attached. Now one of them, named Spicy, is very active...

Not sure what happened with this little one, I moved them outside 3 days prior to noticing the injury. I have no clue what to do. The red spot is a bone, it isn't breaking the skin, but you can see it is sticking out. Thank you for any advice you may have!

I've got 5 precious Silkie chicks - all exactly 3wks old, hatched at the same time. Although I've read (and read, and read, and read some more!!) on sexing these little ones and learned it's next to impossible at this age, I've also read about behaviors and physical traits, and it seems there's...