Hey all, I had two 10 day old chicks that my broody was raising. They were doing great - active, eating, drinking, spending lots of time under mama. They were fine this morning as I was cleaning the run, and then I looked over and found one just gone. She looked perfect, no sign of pecking or...
I have lost chicks during hatch but never a healthy chick this late in the game. I have eight, three week old chicks in a Brooder inside. One of them seemed lethargic last night and was dead this morning. Everyone else seems totally fine and healthy. No poopy butt and no suspected foul play. Any...
I don't even know what to say I feel so bad. I picked up my (maybe 1-3 day old) Silkie chick about 12 hours ago from a feed store that gets its chicks from hoovers. The rest of my chicks (5) are supposed to come in two weeks, so since I had one coming early I was going to introduce it to a hen...
Let me begin by saying I'm on the autism spectrum and I feel the need to try and understand everything.
I went to check my chicks (16 born 1/16) and one of my Rhode Island Reds was laying dead between the feeder and the electric mama hen. Everyone else is doing fine and acting normally.
I...