Hi everyone! I’m new here and new to hatching. I just hatched my first group of Silkie chicks and one of them seems to be having some problems. First it took almost 30 hours to hatch, it seemed very stuck so I assisted with the hatch a little so it could get its head out. It was hatched with a...
Just as the title says I have a baby chick about 2-4 days old. He or she is shaking head some not often, eyes closed almost always - opening sometimes when I pick it up, lethargic and sleeping all day. It is eating and I am giving it an electrolyte mix (water, brown sugar, salt, baking soda)...
I have a chicken that is about a year old. Americauna hen named Sunflower. She has started coughing and is wheezy if you hold her up close you can hear the wheezing. She does a head jerk thing when coughing. Her eyes and nose are clear. She does not have drainage from eyes or nasal...
She is about 7-8 months. Started to do this suddenly.
Shaking her head, walk backward until cornered.
Flip over and cannot get up.
Once she is up, she is ok for a while. Eats and drinks fine.
She has been like this for a week now.
I examined her. No mites or any other bugs. Ears looked clean...
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I have a baby chick about 3 weeks old and I noticed yesterday he was sneezing and making a funny sound when he was breathing. It sounded just like a cuckoo clock. He keeps on shaking his head and making those funny high pitched sounds. It is not something stuck in his throat and other...
I have worm her a couple times now I feed her garlic 1 clove 3 times a week, she likes it with cottage cheese or eggs or grated zucchini. She is the best chicken always wants to hang out
Hello all!
I am extremely proud to say that I have successfully hatched out 8 of 12 eggs in my first attempt at incubating chicken eggs! Postal eggs and all!
I had assumed that the hardest part was over but after losing one of my darlings to what I suspect was a slipped tendon; I am now faced...