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  1. PeeppeepXO

    can you tell which is a girl and which is a boy??

    can you tell which is a girl and which is a boy?? i know not great angles but they kept getting scared and poo pooing 😅 idk what the father is, the mother is a sapphire gem mixed with silkie 5babies were under a broody hen, she gave up 2x. i decided to hatch these. the last pics are of the...
  2. PeeppeepXO

    is there something wrong with this newborn JUST hatched chick?

    i bought and raised her parents in the same incubator. someone please tell me, the parents both have part silkie in them. the mom is part sapphire gem and silkie, idk if anything else. the dad is the same. part silkie part i have no one else. first 3 pics are of the new born. born earlier...
  3. S

    Herniated Umbilical?

    I have two turkey poults who hatched last night and today, I'm worried they both have herniated umbilical as I've read up on that a bit, but this is my first time experiencing it. I'm not sure why both would have it, since all of my other hatches this month have been really good. Two weeks ago I...
  4. A

    HELP! My 1 day old silkie chick has its neck tucked in/curled

    hi there, I am new to hatching chicks, this is my first time. My eggs hatched yesterday and I have one chick who’s neck is curled in! I live in New Zealand and Newcastle disease doesnt even exist here, and apparently chicks can’t be born with mareks disease and I don’t have any other poultry. I...
  5. S

    Help! Newborn Chick is having trouble walking❗️❗️❗️

    Hi, this chick was born yesterday at 6pm. Its now 7:50 am the next day and she still hasn’t walked. I tried laying her in her tummy so see if that makes it easier but she just flips back over. What should I do? 😥
  6. My Bagurks

    Chick born with injury

    I have a hen sitting on some eggs and so far three have hatched. The first two are problem free, but the third has some kind of wound. It’s like the skin was sliced open. It’s not bleeding, but looks pretty bad. I’m pretty sure the muscle is showing but it almost looks like there’s still a layer...
  7. Ranchwithaview

    Chick from local breeder umbilical problem?

    We got a newborn chick on Sunday evening from a local breeder. It looked like it had unabsorbed egg that dried (first pic). Then today the dried part started to come off. I knew to keep an eye on it. I heard loud chirping and found a lot of yellow goo (yolk?). Pics of chick (sorry it's blurry)...
  8. E

    Newborn poop

    We are currently hatching our first set of backyard eggs. One of the chicks is about 2 hours old and has a string with poop hanging onto it. Is that normal or something to be concerned about. It's acting normal otherwise. Thank you,
  9. cursichella

    Newborn Gosling Advice

    Hi! I have some questions about goose "natural childbirth". I have one young (first year laying) Toulouse/Chinese mix named Ducky. She was/is visciously protective off her eggs so early-on we decided to allow her to manage her eggs in her coop. Honestly, we didn't think any would hatch so were...
  10. N

    Problems with hatching chicks, please help!

    Hello! I'm new to this community and I was hoping that someone here might be able to share their knowledge with me in order to prevent a very sad reoccuring event from happening again. My husband and I have been attempting to incubate fertilized eggs from our own flock for a few months now...
  11. BDutch

    Time for feeding newborns up to 36 hours

    A Dutch investigation from the university research centre Wageningen : https://resource.wur.nl/nl/show/Kuiken-maximaal-36-uur-zonder-eten.htm I translated the first part for you with google translate: Chick up to 36 hours without food text: Tessa Louwerens When they leave the egg, chicks can...
  12. J

    [HELP] Miracle Silkie Hatched Chick Having Major Issues!

    Hello. I need help with issues of a newly hatched silkie chick. Here are the details: I had a small hatchery on a table that was knocked over, and along with it, the hatchery. This lone egg somehow did not break during the incident, but did form a small crack. Movement had stopped so we were...
  13. Bella’s_Birds

    New born cockatiels! Desperate need of advice.

    Hello all, My two hand raised cockatiels have mated and produced three clutches so far. All except the third clutch eggs have been unfertile and gone rotten. We have been away for two weeks and our friends have been looking after the birds. Yesterday I discovered a two day old chick inside the...
  14. Nadiia

    My chick isn't drying properly.

    I helped a chick hatch this morning as I noticed last night that she was struggling.. It's been about an hour since I helped her and she doesn't seem to be fluffing properly.. She's dry but her fur is almost hard?? Her cord is still attached as I didn't want to rip it off.. I maybe intervened...
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