We finally found Buff Brahmas at our local TSC(Hoover's) and got four "premium pullets" (yes yes there's a reason it's in quotes lol)
We brought them home March 2nd (with an Easter Egger)
They are housed with four rowdy olive eggers who are a week older lol I swear they think they are song...
Hello all, I incubated local eggs and bought non-medicated chick starter for the chicks. They hatched 3 days ago and three have died so I started doing more research about the feed. I want to switch to medicated feed but I have this massive bag of non-medicated? Can I mix it? Or should I save...
So last night my family came home with 8 WILD EGGS! I don’t remember where they said they found them but it was covered in dirt. We tried candling it before realizing we have no clue on what means what when candling. My cousin decided to open one very slightly. It was only a small crack. That’s...
Following the story of our Survivor.
Backstory, Mama Noisy Girl went broody and we got her some Easter Egger eggs, yay!
Thursday, March 14, we had some severe weather, and when I got home from work, I checked on eggs and noticed one had been crushed. I could hear a cheep, and honestly didn't...
Good day to everyone!
In the attached links, is my baby chick.
Since yesterday, I felt something off with it. And today, it started doing this grasping for air motion like once every 15 seconds.
I've taking good care of it, feeding it according to a veterinarian. And it's been with me for 4...
I have 9 chicks in total the 1 I'm referring to is a Lavender Orphintan who is not doing well. They recently have started refusing food or water so I'm using a syringe to feed them. They are a quarter size of the others I have. They can't walk and I noticed 1 of there leg joint seems swollen and...
Got two Delawares a few weeks ago, just curious if anyone has thoughts on this one’s gender. I don’t know exactly how old they are, I’m guessing they were about a week old when I brought them home which would put them around four weeks now. I only put pictures of one because the other won’t pose...
I just hatched this bantam cochin baby this morning. my question is, is she black or mottled? I know typically mottleds have a lot more white, but she has a lot more white than the other solid black babies I hatched. She has white tipped wings and a little white on her legs. As well as really...
She's about a month old. When I got her a month ago, they told me she was an Easter egger. However, I recently noticed her crest, which I've never seen on a chicken before. I couldn't feel a head knot. She doesn't have ear tufts of a beard either. Any ideas what kind of chicken she could be?
It is time to introduce my chicks to grit, I have sprinkled it over their food a few days. Do I continue to do that or do I offer it by itself? I have them on paper towels right now because they have been eating the wood shavings, I would like to move them back to wood, but read it’s good to...
Complete and utter newbie. My grown son has been taking care of the neighbors chickens since he was a young teen, when they vacationed. I helped a couple years ago when they had new chicks and they went out of town. We were hit by a freak snow storm and luckily none on the chicks in the...
I found this (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pm2ty0nJLLIPSh6LNrOROltaabvGsrdc/view?usp=sharing) attached to a poop in the brooder with my 2-week old chicks. Is this a roundworm? It looks too wormlike to be intestinal lining, but I read that 2 weeks is too soon to see worms. Any advice/help?
I got 11 new chicks in from a hatchery; 5 Sultans, 2 Porcelain D'Uccles Bantams, 2 Marans, and 2 Easter eggers. Easter eggers can be tricky because they are a mix but I am hoping someone has had one like this before. Can anyone show me what it will look like when it is an adult? As you can...
i recently tried incubating some chicken eggs, and so far have had only 1 egg remain fertile and hatch properly, and the hatch went amazing and he seems extremely happy and healthy, but he is alone and seems a little bit in distress. i have his water, mash, and heating pad for him, yet he keeps...
I have a Prairie Bluebell Rooster I got about a week ago. I don't have him paired with any hens at the moment. I read that it's a 50/50 if they have beards. He does not have a beard. Would any of his kids have a beard? Like if I crossed him to say, a Rhode Island Red? Would there still be like a...
Hi all! I hatched 3 chicks all about 2 weeks ago! One of them, Steve (12 days old), is growing in these random lifted feathers. Both of his parents are smooth-feathered, as shown in the pictures provided, so I’m unsure where these gene came from if this is a sign of frizzling (sneaky recessive...
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I'd love to get in touch with anyone raising chicks near the NY tristate area. I'm in Brooklyn, NY. For humanely killed chicks or naturally dead chicks, I would love to buy them from you for raw pet food. Feel free to DM me!
Hello everyone! I purchased some hatching eggs and hatched a little too many :)
I have about 5 white silkie chicks and 3 black (or maybe grey?). They are about 2 weeks old. $10 each (It's about how much I've spent on the eggs). I've added some pictures but feel free to message me for more.
If...
Came into the brooder tonight and found one (cortunix) laying on its side and appearing to be gasping for air. It cannot stand up and also appears to be one of the runts of the group of 12.
Temps in the brooder are fine, 95F on the hot side and 75F on the cooler side. Feeding 30% gamebird...