I have guesses, but I'm not sure what I have other than silkies and polish. Others were Rainbow Pack from Meyer's and Assorted Rare breeds. And then it seems Easter Egger can look many different ways so I'm very confused.
Well, this certainly sucks. I had four chicks hatch Sunday into Monday and they all died today in their brooder. Maybe someone can help me figure out what went wrong?
They were shipped eggs. They all hatched on their own and were kept in the incubator for a full 24 hours.
Here is where I may...
New to raising chickens so very thankful that a community like this exists. I have 4 chicks that will be a week old tomorrow.
I have them in a cage in my garage with a heat source. Question: should I be turning the garage light off at night? There is no natural light in the garage so I suppose...
I have a straight run week old silkie with its vent swollen quite large. I haven't seen the little one use the restroom and I've been watching it. Its skin is black so I cant tell if its irritated because it cant redden. I checked on the chick around 12 this afternoon and it was fine till I came...
I hatched out some BLRW, 12 eggs, 9 hatched, 5 pale yellow, 3 mid grey and yellow, 2 grey, 1 dark grey. The pale yellow chicks feathers are coming in with no other color other than white. Are they going to develop any other color?
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So we got some baby chicks on Sunday and everything has been going great so far! They are about 5 days old now. Just had a few questions concerning gender identification and pasting up. Also kinda wanted to show my babies off...
Here is our fluffy little Blue Ameraucana named Pom-Pom...
So I was looking into my brooder box; that has my chicks I got last week. I noticed something under one of their wings, so I pick my little gal up to find poop under her wing. I'm flabbergasted to how this little one got poo under her wing...
Hi I am a new Member who just got four chicks of my own. One Black Australorp, one Buff Orpington, one Barred Rock, and on jersey giant. They are one week old right now and are all hens. I would love any tips and tricks for my new babies and I hope to use this site to give them the best possible...
Ok my wife has 4 baby chicks there about 3 to 4 days old. They were a gift so the exact age I'm not sure they were orphaned chicks. They're all pretty much active except for one all it wants to do is sleep he does eat and drink but sleeps almost all the time is he okay
We recently got 8 new chicks from coastal, and I got one the same breed as my beloved chicken, who has sadly died from a dog attack. I got three of that breed, and I want to name one after my hen, but I can’t tell the difference yet, so is there any way to tell the gender when chicks haven’t...
I need some input. I have a broody hen with (her babies) about two weeks old in one brooder in our basement. She's a very good mom to her babies and teaching them the ropes. I have another brooder with about 30 day old chicks that we hatched from our incubator. The Mother Hen in the other...
So I have chickens that are 6 months old just laying eggs. We have 6 hens and 1 rooster and I’m scared our hens are laying fertilized eggs and I don’t want to eat them. So I bought an incubator that isn’t here till February 5 and I don’t know if they will sit on the eggs so I keep taking them...
Hello I joined today, I named off a ton of stuff I learned on BYC but I would like to share one thing I learned on my own. Three years ago, we bought 12 baby chicks. I lost over half of them. This past spring we bought 3 dozen so when we did raise them and lost them we would still have some...
Yes, I've had the 'don't get the smallest weakest chick at the store' lecture, but this time I couldn't help myself. The tiny Leghorn was getting bullied.
I suppose I'm paying for it now. The chick can't walk, even though she tries. After an examination of her leg, I noticed that her hock was...
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Firt time writer, long time reader!
My sister is caring ffa broilers. We had these chicks for a week. Bit earlier in the week I noticed a lot of sneezing. I dismissed it assuming it was due to the crumble getting into their nostrils.
Unfortunately, I think I'm wrong. They are sneezing...
Ok. I have a mystery I am trying to figure out. What breeds produced my chicks!
What are the options?
Hens:
Salmon Favorelle
Barnavelder
Wellsummer
Olive Egger
Americauna
Crested Cream Legbar
Showgirl
French Black Copper Marans
Barred Cochin
Barred Rock
Roos
Silver-plated Polish...
Ok. I have a mystery I am trying to figure out. What breeds produced my chicks!
What are the options?
Hens:
Salmon Favorelle
Barnavelder
Wellsummer
Olive Egger
Americauna
Crested Cream Legbar
Showgirl
French Black Copper Marans
Barred Cochin
Barred Rock
Roos
Silver-plated Polish (dominant)...