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  1. RossAcres

    Follow Along While I Raise Endangered Breeds

    Hello everyone! I have been slacking when it comes to posting on here. Life has just been ridiculously busy lately. I had to run a 5 day poultry show at the county fair. Now I'm back to a somewhat normal schedule again. But now for exciting news! I have acquired 2 new duck breeds! The reason I...
  2. Muser

    Streaming

    I currently have 7 chicks under a big old broody hen. I stream this fairly often on Twitch. Pop on by if you want to take a look! There is no need to sign up to Twitch to view the stream 🥰 They are (as of the time of this post) currently 36 days old. Little teenagers now! The Blurb...
  3. Brahzaar

    Brahma chick genders?

    So its my first time rearing chicks and I know it's probably a bit early, but hoping someone more experienced can give me an idea, thank you. They are all Brahma around 6 weeks. I can of course take more photos if it helps. Note: #4 has a bit of wound care applied after cutting his/her comb...
  4. J

    So im BACK! This time with Chicken Eggs

    I had some much fun hatching the duck eggs for a friend and got three beautiful ducklings! So now I am hatching my own chicks for fresh eggos! Questions.... Do u mist chicken eggs and cool like ducks? How and when do I find out if they are male or female? Also any idea on how to candle a...
  5. Muser

    Information about Vent Sexing

    Everyone raising chicks and wondering about sexing their young chicks has heard about Vent Sexing. Whilst it's probably the most effective and most accurate way of sexing young chicks, it's also known for being notoriously hard to do for the average backyard chicken keeper and should be left to...
  6. Muser

    Introducing chicks to flock (hatched under Broody Hen)

    I am looking for some advice on what to expect in the next steps of my flock introductions. It's my first time introducing a broody hen's chicks to the rest of the flock. I have introduced new birds before, but always as pullets, never from chicks. All hens were previously together before I...
  7. M

    Ruffled feather chicks

    My chicks have very ruffled and ugly feathers. I’m thinking it could be a sun deficiency because here in las vegas, it is 100+ degrees about every day so I didn’t take them outside until they were two weeks old. I took them outside because I noticed their feathers were starting to get ugly. They...
  8. IrishAiden

    Isabella Brahma rooster X Buff Orpington hen

    Anybody have this cross? Does anybody have this cross breed with some pictures, can't find anything on Google and I've just hatched 3 chicks.
  9. Emrosenagel

    One chick won’t come out from under hen

    I’ve got three two day old chicks. Two of them come out often to eat and drink, but one (smallest) practically never comes out. When the hen stands and displaces it, it will peck around a bit but not much, preen a bit, and then instantly go back under. Is this normal?
  10. Muser

    Chick sexing Cockerels or Pullets

    Here we go again! Got 7 chicks for you guys to throw your guesses at. This is not my first rodeo with raising chicks and if you followed my original run, I was really unlucky with the Roosters (6 R/9 H). It's time again to have a guess - I'm well aware that attempting to sex them this early is...
  11. RosyChickens

    I love this rooster

    I have never had a rooster before, but someone in the neighborhood needed to get rid of a little family, hen rooster and 7 chicks ask bantam, so now I have a little rooster. They haven’t figured out to go in the coop yet, preferring a rung in the enclosed yard, but look at how he covers the...
  12. crunchygranola

    Favorite bantam breeds?

    I’m getting bantams this upcoming spring to integrate into my flock. After some studying and comparing, I decided that bantams may be best for where I live. What are your guys’s favorite bantam breeds? I have 2 picked out already, but I wanna know what you guys like! Looking for docile and...
  13. crunchygranola

    I’m nervous about ordering chicks online

    I really do not like the idea of buying baby chicks online from hatcheries— it scares me! I want to get 6 bantam chicks (2 mille fleurs, 2 splash ameraucana, and i’m still figuring out the third breed if you guys have favorite bantam breeds!) but they’re not available to pick up in person. Any...
  14. crunchygranola

    Best time to get chicks?

    Struggling to figure out which time would be best to get chicks… I want to be able to incorporate them into my current adult flock by the time it starts getting warm out. I got my first flock at the end of February, and they went out in April because March was FREEZING for me this year. I want...
  15. R

    Mystery Chicks!! Help me decipher what they might be :)

    I recently had a hen go broody and I got some fertilized eggs from my neighbor. She successfully hatched 2 of them and they are now almost a week old! They are happy and healthy and living with the rest of my flock. I know one hatched from a brown egg and the other from a dark green egg. Does...
  16. Muser

    Sexing chicks under 4 weeks old

    I have studied the internet far and wide for tips, tricks and methods of sexing chicks under 4 weeks old... Is it really impossible to tell? I have 7 chicks, all under 2 weeks old, but I'm convinced 2 of them are boys. One has a comb coming in already and does little charges at it's hatch...
  17. Muser

    UK: Places to buy hatchlings?

    Is there a place like Meyers or TS in the UK where you can buy hatchlings? I'm not after any by any means, I just wondered for future chicken math problems 🤣
  18. SwimingWithTheGeese

    Is purina medicated feed okay for quails and chicks?

    Hi all! I was wondering if this feed would be okay for quails and chicks? I know it’s a stretch but just curious, I’ve heard some bad stuff about purina medicated feed and I want some advice from more experienced people rather than the internet. My friend got me the wrong feed and I’d hate for...
  19. Muser

    Lice on small chicks

    I have had a broody hen looking after a number of 1 week old chicks (she hatched them out) and I have noticed a few have lice on them. I have treated the rest of my flock with Ivermectin with great success (and have applied the 1 week Egg withdraweral time frame). I wasn't aware my broody hen...
  20. ChickaChicka1

    One chick pecking others feathers constantly

    I have 5 Barred Rock chicks in the brooder right now. They are all about 1.5 weeks old (almost 2). There is 2 of them that don't peck anyone else at all, but the other 3 keep pecking everyone's feathers growing in, specifically on the two that don't peck. Especially one, Chickadee, who also...
    • ChickaChicka1
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    • barred rock chicks chicks down feather pecking down feathers feather pecking help appreciated pecking
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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