I’m an FFA member, and our chapter hatched about 20 chicks this spring. One hatched late during my class, and already something was off. The poor thing wasn’t really walking even once she’d dried off. Later, I came back to see her in the brooder, still not walking. I realized when I picked her...
One of my hens have been sitting on four eggs and now they have hatched. The first one has hatched with something wrong with his face. Please someone give me advice on what happened and what steps to take now. I’m away from my home on vacation and my care taker just informed me on this matter...
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I am the proud owner of two darling female coturnix quail, both of which came from my high schools incubation lab a year and a half ago. One of the quail, (her name is Wubbly,) shortly after hatching was simply not keeping up with the other chicks, because she literally could not move...
I hatched a chick recently with a slightly crooked beak and wanted to share this info . I hope it works and can help someone. Basically on a recently hatched chick or mild case it says that if the top crosses to right of the bottom beak apply pressure toward left and vise versa. Holding it for...
I've always wondered why two of my hens have a missing back toe. Both are Cream Legbar crosses and both have a little stump on their right foot where the back toe should be. I bought them from a well known local poultry farm and he said "the missing toe is just in the breed". I'm not sure about...
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...
Hey y'all! I have had a few chicken eggs hatch about two days ago and one of them is unable to stand up or walk since the moment it was born. It took him way too long to get out of the egg and when he was left with just a tiny piece of the eggshell I removed it carefully. Could that be the cause...