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  1. horselover1999

    horselover1999's 2025 flock

    A continuation of this hatch-a-long... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/flock-restart-hatch-along.1651317/ All 11 (I had a 100% hatch rate!) are happily in the brooder. I know who some of these chicks are, but some of them I am guessing on because they hatched overnight. In egg #...
  2. Jessgitalong

    Aloha From Kauai!

    Been raising chicken for several years now. Started out with 4 Rhode Island Reds (3 hens and a rooster) and a silky. Ricky the rooster was big and mean! After severing a tendon in my right finger he became Ricky the Roast! His son, RJ was nicer, but sadly passed after getting his head stuck in...
  3. N

    Vaccinating for mareks at home

    I let two of my broody silkies hatch some chicks, all of which have been born in the last week. It just occurred to me that I might need to vaccinate for mareks. I have had suspected mareks in the flock with 2 deaths about 6 months ago, so all of my other hens are probably carriers. It also...
  4. K

    What genders are my 14 wk old chicks?

    I hatched these little guys 3 months back and they’re the sweetest. I did the feather test with them when they were tiny and always thought the orange chick may be a cockrel while the dark ones are pullets but I’d like to see what others might think.
  5. A

    Mama hen heat pad method

    Hello! I set up my mama heating pad to get ready for my chicks. My heating pad is one someone else suggested in this group & I have it set on medium. I have a question. Near the bottom of the tunnel is only 74 degrees F (pictured). When I temp the upper portion, it's more like 88-89 (pictured)...
  6. BrianaIH

    Fun! Beginner Incubating

    My first go at a few eggs was so fun to watch with the kids. Had 3/4 hatch fully healthy, learning new things along the way to better my next batch of eggs !:jumpy:yesss:
  7. alohapepesilkies

    Please Show Me The Pictures Of Your Self Blue/Lavender Showgirl and Spilt to Lavender Silkies (Chick vs Fullgrown)! 🤍

    So I can get an idea what they truly look like as a chick and full grown! Most of my Silkie chicks were hatched yesterday and the rest of them are Black Mottled, Spilt to Lavender, Lavender, and Showgirl Silkie chicks so far. They are very CUTE and STUNNING! This will be my first time by...
  8. G

    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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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!
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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
  17. 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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  18. 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...
  19. Windestroychickybirbs

    Can quails eat fruits?

    Can I feed my quails some fruits? If so, what type of fruits should i feed them
  20. 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...
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