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  1. Muser

    Chick tidbitting 6 weeks

    I swear I've just heard my 6 week old chick tidbitting. When I raised my first bunch in the brooder I never saw this behaviour until my Rooster was around 20+ weeks. This chick has been raised under a broody hen and I swear I just heard a cute little mimic of the sound mum makes when she finds...
  2. Plant_Hoarder

    Chick swinging head low

    Hello guys, this is a couple week old chick (can't remember the exact age) that is just recently exhibiting these behaviors of head swinging and tucking. I wasn't home when this happened so I'm not sure when it started. The chick is pooping fine, showing interest in food and water and walking...
  3. Spacee

    Baby Brahma chick standing in same spot, lethargic

    Hello, I need a bit of advice, as this is my first time raising chicks. Over the weekend, I bought some mixed chicks from tractor supply. They were the last chicks of the season and were on sale. I'm not sure how old they are, I'm assuming around a week and a half. I also got a few guinea keets...
  4. J

    Anyone pleasr advise?

    I am candling brown eggs on day 7 and I can barely see anything at all. I think I can see veins and there is 100% air sac development but it's a very dark yolk. I can see maybe some dark spots where development would be but why are the yolks so dark at this stage? No blood ring etc just very...
  5. ilovemychickens2000

    3 WEEK CHICK WITH TUMOR??! HELP!

    This is rex. We arent sure what breed he is because his father lives with 6 hens and the mom who hatched him also hatched other hens eggs. Rex has 10 (or more) siblings. He is a couple weeks old. He is currently in a crate with food and water that has antibiotics mixed in. As i am typing this...
  6. chickenlover0805

    Is this normal?

    I got 5 maran chicks from TSC but only 3 survived, and two of them have white/gray legs and one has yellow legs. I'm wondering if that's a normal thing or something else. Maran #1 Maran #2 Maran #3
  7. J

    Do I have a brooder full of roosters?

    First things first: Yes, I know it's early to tell and I need to wait a bit to know for certain. That said, I have a group of six chicks I hatched out four and a half weeks ago. We've spent a lot of time together and based on the hens I've raised (three dozen total) and what I am seeing in the...
  8. crazy_chicken99

    I got hatchery chicks and broody hen that is due in two days! should I put them under her tonight? will she sit on other eggs until they hatch?

    Hey! I have a broody hen that will have chicks in two days (on sunday) but i bouht day old chicks today too (friday) should i introduce them today or tommorow? i really want to hatch the eggs also. And i do not want chicks getting too old. will hen sit on the eggs for another 48 hours? what is...
  9. D

    Chick that never grew

    I have this silkie chick that was born June 28. It was normal for the first few days and then noticed it had pasty bum. I took care of it and it has survived but never grew. It is still so small compared to its sibling. Is there a reason for this? Is it going to eventually catch up or will it...
  10. mother_hen9

    Help! Injured foot on Bantam chick

    We just picked up four new chicks from Family Farm and Home on Sunday. I noticed yesterday something was weird on the foot of one of the bantams we picked up but our new chicks are very skittish and run the minute we reach for them. I didn’t want to stress them out more so I waited to get them...
  11. Kattzombiee

    Wyandotte chick, hen or roo?

    Hi all I have this chick that is truly throwing me. They were hatched out approximately May 21st, and came from a breeding pen that had Red Laced Blue Wyandottes and a Black Laced red wyandotte in it. I figured big red face is a boy, but I know wyandotte patterns aren't usually as showy on boys...
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    • 12 weeks black laced red wyandotte blr wyandotte blrw blue laced red wyandotte chick gender 12 weeks pullet or cockeral red wyandotte wyabdotte
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    • Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
  12. C

    Chick attacked, now won't walk

    I had a chick disappear from free ranging with Mom. 24hrs later it appeared on its own outside the run. Had injuries but it was standing, chirping, eager to eat and drink. Its wounds seemed to had already sort of scabbed over/dried by then(the pictures attached are already from 2 days after...
  13. Aqua_12345

    My chicks hate to be left alone

    I got some chicks the other day and I've been spending a LOT of time with them. But when I leave the room or out of their sight they cry and chirp and carry on and I feel so bad for them, but I can't spend 24/7 with them. They have a heat source, food, water, a place to hide and something to...
  14. edgy6ellie

    Sick chick struggling to move - around 5 weeks old

    I have 2 silkie chicks, one of them has been lethargic for the past 2 days but today she is walking around strangely, sort of limping in a circle. her toes are curled completely and her wings are droopy. She also has a clear liquid coming from her beak that is quite thick. Her poops were a...
  15. Aqua_12345

    What is my chick doing?

    Hi, I'm new to raising chickens and one of my chicks will come to me and (I think she nuzzles into me?) And she will sit on my shoulder and be covered by my hair. Why is she doing this? Im very curious, does she think I'm the Momma hen?
  16. Muser

    Possible Pullet?

    Hi all, I have a 1 week old Barn yard mix chick bought as a hatching egg under my broody hen. All these chicks I got except 1 are random mixes, but I was wondering if the pattern method can still work even in cross breeds? It has a cream band all the way down it's back and the darker beige...
  17. RossAcres

    A Dream Job of Mine...

    Edit to add: I can also transport poultry equipment, like orders from Rogier Poultry Supplies. I want to start a transport business. As a transporter, I would basically transport birds and/or small animals for breeders and buyers. A lot of people prefer transporters over shipping for a few...
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    • Forum: Random Ramblings
  18. C

    chicks pecking?

    I have 2 Jersey giant chicks that I hatched myself and are 2 weeks old. I bought 4 pullets from tractor supply today, 2 are Marans and 2 are Wyandottes that look to be around a week old. The Jersey's and Marans get along fine but as soon as I put the Dottes in they both start pecking the...
  19. N

    Help and advice needed!

    I have recently purchased two goslings (hatched a week ago). As I was leaving for work this morning I checked on them to find that the bulb on my heat lamp had blown in the middle of the night and the smaller gosling of the two had gotten in the waterer and was soaking wet and laying on its back...
  20. C

    Chick screaming

    I have 2 chicks that just hatched a few days ago and one won't stop screaming, they have heat, water, food, I even put a stuffed animal in there so they can cuddle it. Ik people say to just leave them alone and they will stop eventually but I literally can't when he's screaming all day and...
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