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  1. xyzcornelia

    Silkie eggs day 20-21

    Hello!! I’m hatching silkie eggs and I’m nearing the 21 day mark but the eggs are just shaking (when I talk to them they start shaking like crazy) and have been shaking for a few days. I don’t hear any chirping and I’m worried about opening the incubator to candle them because I read the...
  2. B

    I accidentally stepped on my chick I don’t know what to do

    I accidentally stepped on my chick and idk what to do I have a little pen set up for my 4 chicks and I’m always EXTREMELY careful but when I took a step today to get out of the pen, a chick hurriedly went under my foot and I stepped on it, I quickly picked up my foot and I didn’t put all my...
  3. harice4806

    Adjusting to new space?

    I have a 6 week old BR pullet and six 3-wk old (hopefully all) pullets. The 6 wk old is a weasel attack survivor. So she got new siblings and has been a GREAT big sister. Yesterday was day one in the outdoor brooder. Nice big space. Several roosting areas, feed, water, and heat plate. Out of...
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    • 3 week old chicks 6 week old pullet heat source outdoor brooder warm enough worried mama
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. J

    Missing feathers above tail

    Hi all, Could you please help out a worried chicken mom?! I have two, two-year old, cream legbar hens (sisters). They've don't have anti-social temperaments, have been laying eggs like crazy, seem healthy in every other way but this: I noticed today that one of my girls is featherless and raw...
  5. AMGoodner

    Sick Chick Please HELP

    I have a baby chick about 3 weeks old. She won't eat or drink unless we are syringe feeding her. She is very lethargic. I have give her electrolytes with plain yogurt and water. She started showing signs of improving and then took a turn down. What do I do, this is my first time raising chicks?
  6. Laurmullen87

    My first poorly Hen

    Please Help, I am having a hard time trying to help my poorly hen. She is an Araucana And about 2 years old but I have only had her for 3 months. When I got her, all the feathers were missing from her back (her previous owner told me she was picked on by one of his roosters) but she was full of...
  7. JNicoleS

    Pecking problem with my Polish chicks

    Hi all! I have a mixed flock of 3 week old chicks and all has been well until this morning when I went to feed/clean I saw that two out of the 5 of the white crested polish chicks I have look to be missing half of their head plumage. I can see their skin and it is bright pink. This is my first...
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