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    chicks getting wet when drinking

    my chicks (about a week old) keep getting water on their chests when they drink water. it doesn't seem to be bothering them all that much, but it happens. is this normal for chicks? are my babies just a bit stupid? should I be worried?
  2. Nicho

    New chicks from Meyer Hatchery 😊

    Shipped to CT successfully. Heating pack was still warm. Each pullet healthy, alert and content! One Frizzle Easter Egger, one Green Queen banty, and one Exchequer Leghorn. I’m sure you guys know who’s who! They will be joining my black Australorp/blue Orpington/Dominique crew! Trying...
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    New quail owner seeking advice on taming

    Cross posting from teh new members section! I recently got five quail chicks from a local farmer and Im very excited about them! Maybe a little too excited. I bought them for eggs but I also want to tame them so they aren't afraid of me. I have read different opinions about how to tame quail...
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    1 week old chicks keep chirping and itching

    Hey guys! Wondering if I’m overthinking things or if I need to get some medicine for my chicks. I have 1 week old chicks who have been chirping pretty loudly, like the kind of chirping that sounds like something’s wrong. I also just noticed that one of my chicks looks lethargic? Other symptoms...
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    Adding extra chick to hen with 3 already

    We just got 3 chicks from Coastal and gave them to our Broody hen on Friday. It is love at first sight, and everyone is happy. It is now Sunday and I'd like to go back to the store and get ONE MORE chick. It would be from the same batch the same age as friday's chicks. My spouse is concerned...
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    Barnyard mix, orange city Florida

    Have about 60 chicks barnyard mix, 1 week old!
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    Is a drop of VetRX Okay?

    Now i do Have another set of Chicks that i hatched the same time as these ones. There are Three but we have decided to keep them in separate brooders that way we can monitor them separately (i dont know why but this is how my parents decided it) We use Pinewood Shavings for both and i do clean...
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    Heating lamp and is it okay to turn off

    I am a new Chick owner. Really i only did this because my parents wanted to see if by chance we could actually hatch chicks. I have four Chicks now all a week old. The weather here has been in the 90s and the temperature inside is at 88. I have turned off the heat lamp during the day due to...
  9. EggspectoPatronum

    New babies!

    Chicken math hit me and my husband hard at TSC the other day. We went in with zero intention to get babies. Then my husband said get 9. I said no and then we settled on six. We ended up with nine. 3 Rhode Island Reds (all pullets) 3 black Jersey Giants (straight run) 3 Barred Rocks (straight...
  10. MillieYevick

    Male or Femlae?

    Got these Easter Egger baby’s and me and the breeder tried to make sure we did our research on sexing the chicks by wings/feathers. Well we both second guessed ourselves in the process and did the best we could. I came home with 10 chicks. Hoping to have all hens. In this picture I have two...
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    1st time chicken mama!!

    Hey y’all! I’m here for insight and support :) super excited to be here!!
  13. R

    Food getting kicked out

    I have 1 week old baby chicks, Sapphire assorted. And I have 3 that like to sit in the feed and scratch/kick it all out. They've run through a whole bag of feed (only 5lbs) because it's all in the bedding now. I have the typical feeder, circular with 8 holes. I've tried raising it, but they just...
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    stormy and rainy

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  15. Rainy and stormy born 8/23/2022

    Rainy and stormy born 8/23/2022

    think i might have a rooster I hatched these out at my farm
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    Chick With Extra Toes Struggling To Walk?

    Hey there, I'm usually a lurker on these foruma but I am becoming a first time poster because I've come across an odd situation with one of my new chicks. I ordered four day old chicks for one of my hens to surrogate mother, they are currently 11 days old. The hen accepted all of them...
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    PLEASE HELP! MY 2 week CHICKEN IS LIMPING!

    please help me, my 2 week old Rhode Island Red chicken is limping on one foot. The foot the chick is not using is always clamped and closed and also has some kind of black dots! i can not tell if it’s a boy or a girl I think girl considering it’s fur is uneven and a little Chucky, this chick has...
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    When can chicks regulate their temperature and is that when they can move outside?

    When can chicks regulate their body temperature?
  19. FeatherSwift93

    Maybe 1 rooster, 3 hens?

    I'm sitting here watching my chicks and just by watching how they act and their personality...I believe I may have 1 rooster and 3 hens? Thoughts?? :)
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    Two Mama Hens with only one chick

    My grandmother always had chickens so I've been around them but I am a first time accidental chick raiser. There are three hens. Big mama, little mama and the Witch w/a B. And one laid back rooster. Long story short: Big mama and lil mama both laid eggs in same nest. Now I have a surprise one 6...
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