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    Mama heat cave?

    So I'll be having chicks here soon and want to brood in the coop under the poop shelf. (I can't have them in my place, and I don't think they'll do well in the shop.) But it's only up in the 40's during the day and sometimes in the 20's at night. I was thinking about doing the mama heat cave and...
  2. M

    Mother hen, her babies, and new hatchlings.

    Hello. I’ve been a chicken keeper for a few years now. But I have a question as I haven’t done this part before. I have a hen who went broody. She was sitting on a few eggs and I left her to it. A week or so ago I’m guessing some of my other hens left eggs in her box when she was out eating...
  3. FranzBear

    Unique markings on long-awaited chick! Bi-colored beak

    This guy's bio mum was black bantam cross, was a sweet dorky hen that has a look as if she only possessed 2 brain cells (u know the type). I'm guessing she was part serama as she was absolutely tiny. unfortunately she was unalived by a dog and her eggs were saved and hatched by some resident...
  4. K

    Utah chicks for sale

    I am hatching and selling day-old chicks sold as pullets or straight run in Utah. If anyone is interested, hit me up. Black Copper Maran Blue Copper Maran Polish Americana Cream Legbar Sapphire Olive Egger Jersey Giant Red laced Blue Wyandotte Silver Laced Wyandotte Red Star White Leghorn...
  5. C

    Brooder surface temperature vs ambient temperature

    I am raising my very first set of 10 chicks this year in March. I built a brooder from a heating pad - making a little cave open at one end, a temperature sensor, and a relay to turn the heating pad on and off. I read that chicks should be kept at 95°F the first week, 90°F the 2nd, 85°the third...
  6. BirdyGirl7198

    ISO Button Quail in Saskatchewan

    Hello! I am in search of Button Quail in Saskatchewan. I live in Saskatoon but I'm more than willing to meet elsewhere. I am most interested in young chicks or hatching eggs, but would consider adults too!
  7. Theck1722

    Would you keep chicks that have a crackle sound?

    I have 7 week old chicks that when you hold them close to your ear you can hear crackles. Been hearing it on and off for weeks. Nobody has shown any signs of not feeling well. All eating, drinking, and active. My thing is the rest of my flock that is a year old and never been sick. We love them...
  8. A

    Grown rooster in brooder?

    I haven't got a set up yet with a separate pen for my silkie rooster. I have other chickens but unfortunately due to him being a male and smaller he will get picked on by the other rooster/hens. (They are all bigger than him) I have the silkie chicks in the brooder but I am wondering will it be...
  9. Anthony_16

    what do you use to mark your eggs for incubation?

    I use dry erase marker says nontoxic did use pencil at first but that just takes longer to do then with marker was worried that the marker would somehow decrease my hatch rate cause of the chemicals of a marker heard people say not to use marker because of that reason:frow
  10. Salmon Favorelle 7 week old chicks

    Salmon Favorelle 7 week old chicks

    I think the one on the right is a Roo.
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    • Category: Chicken Breeds
  11. McPickle88

    7 week Salmon Favorelle Roo

    Soooo..... Today I figured out that one of my Salmon Favorelle chicks is a roo. I don't usually keep roos due to the aggressiveness. They lady I purchased him from said she will take him back and refund me; but, she doesn't keep roos either and she will fatten him up and cull and feed to her...
  12. Windestroychickybirbs

    Can quails eat fruits?

    Can I feed my quails some fruits? If so, what type of fruits should i feed them
  13. M

    Who is their mama?

    We have buff orphington and silver laced Wyandotte hens, and a buff Orpington roo, and these are the 2 chicks that have hatched so far! Since the eggs are basically the same colors, I do not know which check are for which breed of hen! Is it too early to tell? The darker chicks egg was a pale...
  14. Emrosenagel

    Pine pellets/sawdust for chicks?

    one of my hens is hatching some new chicks and I want her to raise them in the coop/run with the others. The runs have pine pellets hosed down into a fluffy sawdust, but it isn’t exactly fine dust. I’m wondering if this will be alright for chicks? I have one run that’s mostly dirt, if the...
  15. B

    Is it okay to move 6.5-7 week old chicks to coop in current temperatures?

    I am new to raising/owning chickens and I have seven 6.5 week old chicks (3 Americanas, 2 Wyandottes, and 2 Starlight Green Eggers). I have had them inside my garage since I brought them home (they were approximately 1 week old). I allowed them heat up until about 1.5 weeks ago. The garage stays...
  16. H

    Extremely Small Baby Chicks

    Hi everyone! I am from rural Egypt. :) I recently got these chicks for extremely cheap, the man offered no information about the breed or anything. They are seemingly newborn/extremely young unfortunately. This is a picture below if someone could help. Sorry for the link but it wouldn’t let...
  17. M

    Mixed batches & Broody Mamas

    I have two sets of chicks being raised by two different mamas currently in the same small coupe. Set number one is a first time mom with three, 3week old chicks. Set number two is a second time Mom (Betty) with seven, 1 week old chicks. Bette seemed to abandon the rest of her clutch of eggs once...
  18. M

    Something is seriously wrong

    Hello, I am hatching eggs. They were shipped to me and I have a feeling something was wrong because the shipping was delayed and they shipped when it was colder. Not to mention if something says fragile it’s not always handled as such. I made a post a while ago, about how strange the air sacs...
  19. Layla_Chickens

    I think I created something very weird

    I have a hen that was, quite frankly, an accident. We had our lacy roundhead hens with the silkie rooster and as nature does it thing we got a lacy round head x Silkie. She is not the prettiest but she’s a good layer (somewhat). Then I bought 4 chicks from tractor supply and one of them was a...
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    20240920_095509.jpg

    One day old. New Brooder.
    • LadyGuinevere
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    • chicks chicks 1 day
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    • Album: Grow the Chicks!!
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