weak chicks

We got chicks Wednesday of this week & we had a weekend cabin trip planned so my sister who's had chicks before took care of them for us over the wknd. She unfortunately had one die on Friday & I thought maybe it was stress from shipping then when we came to pick them up on Sunday I found...

Lots of people ask me about the things I know a lot about so I've decided ot make a thread where you can ask me questions about any of these things: Broody hens Hatching Helping to hatch Raising chicks Saving weak chicks Sexing silkies Raising chickens (specifically bantams) in general Any...

we have 27 chicks that hatched on Wednesday: one has a weak leg and the other is very weak. He had a hard time getting out of his shell. The shell was still partly “glued” on his back until today. Warm water helped it work loose. The other chicks keep trampling these two. The person who hatched...