raising chick

Hello everyone . I have an almost 2 week old golden polish chick that is not growing and is very weak. For reference, it is smaller than my week old silkie bantam. All my chicks are on medicated feed. The golden polish has trouble walking, once she falls over she just can’t get back up and will...

I have a chick that’s a few days old, pretty small but otherwise her energy seems normal. She is eating and drinking. I wanted to know what “normal” chick poop looks like, because hers seems a bit runny. It’s not completely liquid or anything, but not firm. Should I be concerned, or is this...

I had a really really small batch of Coturnix Quail eggs in my incubator and fully believed none of them would hatch. However, yesterday morning, I walked into my room to find a single chick running around the incubator. The baby is healthy, but so so alone. There are 3 more eggs sitting in the...

Hi all, first time poster so let me know if there is anything extra I need to add. I have been keeping bantam chickens for a few years now but have only recently started hatching eggs. My first clutch last year was hatched by a broody hen and I had no issues, she was a perfect mum who...

Hi! Had a quick question as this is my first time raising chicks and I don’t know wether to be concerned or not. One of my 2week old chicks got a little too excited about the herbs put in their brooder and horked down about a 6in stem of oregano (they had to yank it out of its little pot to do...

I was so convinced my sweet chick daisy was a girl she is a lap chick already and I had thoughts others may be Roos but not her and now she is looking the most like she may actually be a male after all? Red comb forming also has red wattles coming in, “she” is 3 weeks old! Thoughts??? She is an...

I have 3 chicks that a mama hen hatched (10/1) One of them is so small and doesn't seem to be getting any bigger. I have been calling it Tiny or Tiny Tim. I don't know what the sex is yet. This small chick is about the size of a week old or at most a two week old chick. It follows the mama hen...

Hello, My husband and I are new to raising chicks. We ended up with one chicken by accident about 3 years ago. He thinks she was about 3 when we got her. She rode over on a hay truck and stayed with us since. She is a Catalana (I think) hen. Game hen. New to that terminology too. I will include...

This is my first time raising baby chicks, though not my first time having chickens. We have had our chicks now for just over three weeks and they are doing great. everything I read says to wait 6-10 weeks before moving them outside full time...but that seems to be because they won’t be able to...

Hi Everyone, I’m new to posting but have been reading your threads for weeks, preparing for my first flock of 8 chicks. One died in the mail, which was heartbreaking, and I’m not sure if I’m being hyper sensitive about the others out of fear of losing another. PLEASE- any advice you have would...

Decided to make a new thread on this. Eggs will arrive some time in March so I’ll have good bit my of time to prepare. Was wondering if I should allow the hen to raise them on the ground from day one when they hatch or should I keep them in a shed on concrete floor with straw for 6-7 weeks...

Hi everyone. Two of my three adult hens have been sticking to the nesting area over the last few days. They aren't sitting on eggs or laying. One of them, bantam, puffs up and 'growls' at me and the other doesn't want to move but will if I get too close. Do you think they're broody? We are...

I have a Banty hen who sat on 7 eggs. One day before the first hatch a second Banty decided to share the nesting box. So I have one nesting box with 2 mothers and 4 chicks, waiting on the last 3 eggs to hatch. The chicken house is also shared by a Banty rooster and 3 laying hens. Question...

Recently I had a batch of baby chicks 15 were born, but 2 of them didn't make it. Now few days later I see one of the little showgirls growing straight feathers. That's weird but I guess my Cochin bantam got on her. My very first showgirl like that tho... so how you call them chicks?

So I am looking to embark on a new chapter in hatching and raising Emus. I have done an abundance of reading and have learned the following: 1: Eggs need to be incubated at 97.5 degrees F. 2: Eggs hatch roughly 50-60 days once incubated. 3: Rattie birds require a special diet and feed and also...

Hello! Deciding to get chickens is the easy part, but now is the question of how? Hatchery, breeder, feedstore? – — – When getting my chickens I did lots of research on where I wanted to get them from and it was relatively late in the season so I couldn't just go to my local feed store and...

I have been thinking about getting chicks in the spring and i have a few questions to ask people. I was wondering if my broody hen will take care of the chicks until they are 6 weeks. the breeds of hens i already have are black copper marans and an easter egger. the chicks i would like to get...

Hello everyone. (Background info) I have a 3 week old leghorn chick that was a runt and had difficult time getting out of his(or her, not sure really) shell due to some damage causing part of the membrane to dry out on it. He came out not being able to walk and had no interest in eating and...

So its late in the season and i'm a little confused by the mixed views on how long I should keep the heat lamp on my chicks. Ive read multiple places to who say to keep the chicks under the lamp for 24hrs a day in no hotter than 100 degrees, then I was told because its later in the season, and...

Hello, I have 2 hens and was going to order one Buff Orpington chick. But I don't know if you can raise one baby chick by itself. I don't really want more than 3 chickens, so I need help! If I can raise one chick, then I want to know how to introduce it to the hens, and I know I can't just put...