lost a chick

  1. M

    2 week quail escaped enclosure

    I had 4 2week old quail, when I came home from work I realized that that they were missing. I quickly searched for them and found very still and cold in my son bedroom. Unfortunately I only found 3. I quickly placed them in the enclosure next to heat lamp. While the 3 were warming up I kept...
  2. Browniethechicken

    Help! What killed my 3 chickens in daylight within 20 mins?? I’m so devastated.

    Please help me! I am so saddened and Guilt ridden after losing 3 young chickens yesterday in daylight. Vanished almost without a trace. I found only small amount of feathers - one near coop and one down our hill about 300 feet. No sign of 3rd one. We live in rural Massachusetts. I am Devastated...
  3. MorgieAndAuggie

    My chick is not dead!! We can't find him anywhere though.

    I made a thread about my bird(Auggie) being dead with a lot of feathers. My mom and her friend were outside and he was chirping. We were thrilled but then soon frustrated because every time he'd chirp, we'd inspect the area and nothing. Then he stopped for an hour, his chirping coming from...
  4. Chickadee00

    Hen ran away HELP

    Edit: I found her. Thank God I bought 4 young sebright hens yesterday, my dad accidentally left the door to their coop open and one got out, he noticed to late and wasn't fast enough to catch her. She run off into the woods around our house and I'm devastated rn. Is there a chance she can find...
  5. N

    URGENT- we lost our chicken in the house

    Hi this is urgent! my family and i have been raising 9 chickens theyre almost a month old now. we lost one last night inside the house and we absolutely can not find her. we have searched high and low, left food and water out there are no traces of her whatsoever. Id anyone has dealt with this...
  6. Bocktastic Quackles

    Lost Nugget today 😪

    I’m not sure what happened, yet heart crushing. I found Nugget and Poppy, Speckled Sussexes, roosting on the edge of the brooder this morning. It was a mile mark for both of them. I put them outside like we have been for about a week in a half now between 10am-3:30pm.Temperatures for the today...
  7. M

    How to catch a chick!

    OK, one of my 3 week old dominiques escaped and spent the night hiding in the shop where I am keeping the brooder. I left a bit of the lamp shining outside of the brooder and left a box, water, feed, and those white clover flowers the dominiques seem to love so much. Ideas? Open the door in...
  8. Stargeer2

    Lost half my flock

    Hello all! I'm devastated.. I just got back home from a couple days away and discovered 5/8 of my chickens missing. Feathers around the run suggest a struggle, but there's no blood or bodies anywhere. I thought the coop was pretty secure. I have a 6' tall chain link fence in a circle with one...
  9. fuzzyMAn

    Don’t forget to collect your eggs as soon as possible

    It’s cold outside. Brrrr. Baby!
  10. B

    Sick chicken

    So I am a new chicken owner. Well about a month ago we got some older chickens from a friend. So I dont know how old they are. The chicken in question is a white chicken with quite a big comb. Well yesterday we noticed she wasnt feeling to good. Just kind of sitting there and didnt want to move...
  11. DuffinLovinAsh

    Respiratory healing plan of action; needing clarification please

    Hello Beautiful Humans, Thank you to all of you for sharing your wisdom with us. After loosing a chick two days ago, I turned from my holistic ways to save my remaining 3. I have two 4/5 week old silkies and 1 , 2-3 week old cochin. After reading the many threads on coccidiosis and...
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