chick raising help

Our chicks were born in June and have been fine since then. Today I found that one of my chicks was pecked at on the head badly. I assume it was one of my other chicks because they had a little blood in their beaks. I don’t know how to heal the wound, and the chick has been very sleepy. I’m...

Hello! A bit of a long story here, but the bottom line question is that we have a 2 week old orphan silkie and I want to get her a friend but the only option is another 2 week chick from a neighbor who has already imprinted on a mother hen. Is this going to work? I tried to get our broody hen...

How many times should bantam baby chicks drink in an hour? We have 2 bantam babies who have been in the brooder since around 6pm last night. We have dipped their beaks in water many times and they will peck at dirt in their box (or the newspaper under the shavings :hmm), but can't seem to get...

In late April, Dora II, our Golden Wyandotte, went broody. After dealing with her mood for a week, my wife, who was never able to have children herself, said, "It's not fair to do this to Dora, I know how she feels." So we found a local farmer on Craigslist and drove 45 minutes to get a...

Hi Everyone, My Blue Sumatra has been broody for give or a take a month. I gave her a fake egg because she was "stealing" my other two hen's eggs. I brought home a chick tonight for her to foster and it did not go so well. The chick is less than a week old (only a few little wing feathers on...